List of Catholic missionaries to China


 * 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)
 * Andrius Rudamina S.J. (1620-1630s) - Lithuanian Jesuit missionary
 * Johann Adam Schall von Bell S.J. (1592–1666) - German Jesuit missionary and astronomer
 * Wenceslas Pantaleon Kirwitzer S.J. (1618–1620)
 * Alexandre de Rhodes S.J. (1630)
 * Francis Ferdinand de Capillas O.P. (1642–48)
 * Martino Martini S.J. (1640–1661)
 * Thomas Pereira S.J. (1645–1708)
 * Ferdinand Verbiest S.J. (1659)
 * Vittorio Riccio O.P. (1655-1662)
 * Caspar Castner S.J. (1696–1709)
 * Giuseppe Castiglione S.J. (1715)
 * Matteo Ripa (16??–17??)
 * Jean Joseph Marie Amiot S.J. (1750)
 * Michel Benoist S.J. (1774–1775)
 * 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)
 * Armand David C.M. (1862–1863)
 * Augustin Henninghaus S.V.D (1862–1939)
 * Theophiel Verbist C.I.C.M. (1865)
 * Ephrem Giesen, Franciscan (1868-1919)
 * Amandina of Schakkebroek (1889)
 * Venerable Gabriele Allegra O.F.M. (1931)
 * Prosper Bernard S.J. (1938)