Following is a list of notable Roman Catholic missionaries. Gabriele Allegra, O.F.M. – missionary to China to translate the Bible Francisco Álvares – Portuguese missionary to Ethiopia. Saint Amand – missionary of Flanders José de Anchieta – Spanish missionary in Brazil Suzanne Aubert – New Zealand nun and missionary to the Māori Alexis Bachelot – missionary to Hawaii Alonzo de Barcena – missionary and linguist Ottavio Barsanti – missionary to New Zealand Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo – missionary in Mozambique Jean-Rémy Bessieux – missionary to Gabon and its first bishop Giacomo Bini – Franciscan missionary to Rwanda Libert H. Boeynaems – missionary to Hawaii Luis de Bolaños – missionary who started the Indian Reductions system in Paraguay François Bourgade – one of the first Christian missionaries to Muslim North Africa Jean de Brébeuf – French Jesuit martyr in Canada who wrote "Huron Carol" Luis Cancer – missionary in Hispañola, Central America and Florida Saint Daniele Comboni – Italian bishop and missionary to Africa Joseph Dalton – missionary to Australia and New Zealand Father Damien – missionary to Hawaii known for working with the lepers Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur – Spanish missionary in Guatemala Juan de Padilla – missionary who accompanied Coronado Alexandre de Rhodes – missionary in Vietnam Anton Docher – missionary in New Mexico, defender of the Native Americans Louis William Valentine Dubourg – missionary to the United States Francis Xavier Ford – missionary to China, martyr and Servant of God Joseph Freinademetz – missionary to China Joseph Marie Garavel – missionary to New Zealand Antoine Garin – missionary to New Zealand Jaime Garcia Goulart – missionary to Macau and East Timor René Goupil – missionary to what is now Canada Évariste Régis Huc – missionary in China Isaac Jogues – missionary to what is now Canada John of Montecorvino – missionary to China Jordanus – missionary to India Peter Richard Kenrick – Irish missionary to the United States Eusebio Kino – missionary to what is now Baja California, Northwest Mexico, and the southwest United States Ferdinand Konščak – missionary to Mexico Jean Lampila – missionary to New Zealand Adrian Langerwerf – missionary to New Zealand Fermín Lasuén – founder of numerous missions in Baja California Segundo Llorente – missionary to Alaska Jacques Marquette – missionary and explorer in North American James McDonald – missionary to New Zealand Peter Hildebrand Meienberg – missionary to East Africa Victor Mosele – missionary to Sierra Leone Saint Ninian – missionary of Scotland Marcos de Niza – missionary who accompanied Francisco Vásquez de Coronado to the American South West Roberto de Nobili – missionary in India Jean-François Nothomb – missionary in Algeria and Venezuela Odoric of Pordenone – missionary to China Jean Étienne Pezant – missionary to New Zealand Jean-Baptiste Pompallier – first Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand Ivan Ratkaj – missionary to Mexico Matteo Ricci – missionary in China John Rodgers – missionary bishop in New Zealand Junípero Serra – founded the mission system of what is now California, United States Louis Catherin Servant – missionary to New Zealand Mother Teresa – missionary to India Alessandro Valignano – supervised missions in the Far East, particularly Japan Padre Antonio Vieira – missionary to Brazil and South America Ivan Vreman – missionary to India and China William of Rubruck – missionary to the Mongols Francis Xavier – missionary to India and Japan
See also List of Catholic missionaries in China
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