• 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