Catholic missionaries to China listed below span the 13th to the 20th centuries and include members of several religious orders and congregations.
List William of Rubruck (1253) Giovanni di Monte Corvino O.F.M. (1294) Arnold of Cologne (1303) Andrew of Perugia (1307) Odoric of Pordenone O.F.M. (1322) St. Francis Xavier S.J. (1552) Michele Ruggieri S.J. (1579) Matteo Ricci S.J. (1582) Alessandro Valignano S.J. (1570s–1580s) Johann Adam Schall von Bell S.J. (1592–1666) - German Jesuit missionary and astronomer Alexandre de Rhodes S.J. (1593-1660) Andrius Rudamina S.J. (1596-1631) - Lithuanian Jesuit missionary Wenceslas Pantaleon Kirwitzer S.J. (1618–1620) Ivan Vreman S.J. (1619-1620) - Croatian Jesuit missionary, astronomer and mathematician Vittorio Riccio O.P. (1621-1685) Ferdinand Verbiest S.J. (1623-1688) Martino Martini S.J. (1640–1661) Francis Ferdinand de Capillas O.P. (1642–48) Thomas Pereira S.J. (1645–1708) Matteo Ripa (1682-1746) Giuseppe Castiglione S.J. (1688-1766) Caspar Castner S.J. (1696–1709) Michel Benoist S.J. (1715-1774) Jean Joseph Marie Amiot S.J. (1718-1793) Theophiel Verbist (1823–1868) Armand David C.M. (1826–1900) Pierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier C.M. (served 1862–1905) Johann Baptist von Anzer S.V.D. (1851–1903) Joseph Freinademetz S.V.D. (1852–1908) Augustin Henninghaus S.V.D (1862–1939) Ephrem Giesen, Franciscan (1868-1919) Amandina of Schakkebroek (1872–1900) Venerable Gabriele Allegra O.F.M. (1931) Prosper Bernard S.J. (1938)
See also
Catholic Church in China List of Catholic missionaries 19th-century Protestant missions in China List of Protestant missionaries in China Christianity in China Jesuit China missions Religion in China