The following list refer to list of Roman Catholic missionaries in India.

Early missionaries

Thomas the Apostle Thomas the Apostle ( arc, 𐡀𐡌𐡅𐡕𐡌, hbo, תוֹמא הקדוש or תוֹמָא שליחא (''Toma HaKadosh'' "Thomas the Holy" or ''Toma Shlikha'' "Thomas the Messenger/Apostle" in Hebrew-Aramaic), syc, ܬܐܘܡܐ, , meaning "twi ...

* St. Francis Xavier * Giacomo Fenicio *

Roberto de Nobili Roberto de Nobili (1577 – 16 January 1656) was an Italian Jesuit missionary to Southern India. He used a novel method of adaptation ( accommodatio) to preach Christianity, adopting many local customs of India which were, in his view, not con ...

Jordanus Catalani Jordanus (-), distinguished as JordanofSeverac ( la, Iordanus de Severaco; oc, Jordan de Severac; french: Jourdain de Séverac; it, Giordano di Séverac) or JordanofCatalonia ( la, Jordanus Catalanus; ca, Jordà de Catalunya), was a Catala ...

* John Marignolli

Roman Catholic missionaries

These include: *

Jordanus Jordanus (-), distinguished as JordanofSeverac ( la, Iordanus de Severaco; oc, Jordan de Severac; french: Jourdain de Séverac; it, Giordano di Séverac) or JordanofCatalonia ( la, Jordanus Catalanus; ca, Jordà de Catalunya), was a Catala ...

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Giovanni de' Marignolli Giovanni de' Marignolli ( la, Johannes Marignola;. ), variously anglicized as John of Marignolli or John of Florence, was a notable 14th-century Catholic European traveller to medieval China and India. Life Early life Giovanni was born, probab ...

alias ''John De Marignolli'' *

* St. Francis Xavier (1506–52) *

Matheus de Castro Dom Matheus de Castro ( 1594–1679) was a native of Divar, Goa, Portuguese India. He was the first Indian Bishop of the Catholic Church. Consecrated Bishop of Chrysopolis in Rome by the Vatican and appointed Vicar Apostolic to the Kingdoms of Bi ...

(1594–1677) * Thomas de Castro (d. 1684) *

Ephrem de Nevers Ephrem de Nevers (between 1607 and 1610 - 13 October 1695) was a native of Nevers, France. He was a Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, Capuchin Franciscan priest and the first Christian missionary in Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. De Nevers fou ...

(d. 1695) *

John de Brito John de Britto (also spelled ''Brito''; pt, João de Brito), also known as Arul Anandar, (born in Lisbon, Portugal on 1 March 1647 – died at Orur, Tamil Nadu, India on 4 February 1693) was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary and martyr, often calle ...

(d. 1647–1693) *

Joseph Vaz Joseph Vaz ( Konkani: ''San Zuze Vaza''; pt, São José Vaz; kn, ಪವಿತ್ರಾ ಯೋಸೆಫ್ ವಾಸ್ ಸಂತರು ''Pavitra Yoseph Vaz Santaru''; ta, புனித யோசேப் வாஸ் முனிவர் ...

(1651–1711) *

Costantino Giuseppe Beschi Constantine Joseph Beschi (8 November 1680 – 4 February 1747), also known under his Tamil name of ''Vīramāmunivar'', was an Italian Jesuit priest, missionary in South India, and Tamil language littérateur. Early years Born in Castiglion ...

(1680–1747) *

Mother Teresa Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, MC (; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa ( sq, Nënë Tereza), was an Indian-Albanian Catholic nun who, in 1950, founded the Missionaries of Charity. Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu () was bo ...

(1910–1997)Blessed Mother Teresa
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Encyclopædia Britannica The (Latin for "British Encyclopædia") is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia. It is published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.; the company has existed since the 18th century, although it has changed ownership various time ...

''. Retrieved 4 July 2010.{{cite book, last=Poplin, first=Mary, title=Finding Calcutta: What Mother Teresa Taught Me About Meaningful Work and Service, date=Jan 28, 2011, publisher=InterVarsity Press, isbn=978-0830834723, page=112, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MRzDAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22I+am+a+missionary%22+mother+teresa&pg=PA112, quote=Remember, brother, I am a missionary and so are you *

Mary Glowrey Mary Glowrey (1887–1957) was an Australian born and educated doctor who spent 37 years in India, where she set up healthcare facilities, services and systems. She is believed to be the first Catholic religious sister-in-vows to practise as a ...

(1887-1957) *

Jim Borst Jim Borst (3 August 1932 – 5 September 2018) was a Dutch Catholic Church, Roman Catholic missionary of Saint Joseph's Missionary Society of Mill Hill, commonly called Saint Joseph's Missionary Society of Mill Hill, Mill Hill Missionaries. He wa ...

(1932-2018)

Early missionaries

Roman Catholic missionaries

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