Polycarpe de Souza (Mar 2)
1697 ~ 1757
First bishop in Beijing following the banning of Christianity by the Qing emperor Yongzheng.
Affiliation: Society of Jesus | Locale: Beijing
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Huang Su’e (Feb 17)
For forty years, an inspiring teacher and leader of church-work among women in Shanghai and Jiangsu.
Affiliation: American Episcopal Church Mission | Locales: Shanghai ‚ Jiangsu Province
Eliza Ellen Leonard (Feb 11)
1866 ~ 1924
American medical missionary, formerly of the American Presbyterian Mission, Beijing (Peking), later a member of the medical staff of Shantung (Shandong) Christian University at Jinan (Tsinan).
Affiliation: American Presbyterian Mission | Locales: Beijing ‚ Shandong Province
Mercie Briggs Hayes (Feb 6)
1854 ~ 1925
"Mother Hayes" was a homemaker and friend who influenced others by her Christ-like character.
Affiliation: Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, USA | Locales: Shanghai ‚ Suzhou City
Lydia Brown Hipps (Feb 4)
1890 ~ 1925
American missionary who served at Ginling (Jinling) College as the head of the Music Department (1917-21); Acting Dean of Women and head of the Music Department of Shanghai College (1921-25).
Affiliation: Jinling College | Locales: Nanjing City‚ Jiangsu Province‚ Shanghai
John Wherry (Feb 2)
1837 ~ 1918
American missionary, Christian educator and Bible translator who served in China for nearly fifty years.
Affiliation: Presbyterian Mission | Locales: Shanghai ‚ Beijing‚ Shandong Province
Nicolas Joseph Raux (Feb 1)
1754 ~ 1801
French Vincentian missionary (CM) who went to China during the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing dynasty.
Affiliation: Vincentians | Locale: Beijing
Yaballah III (Jan 27)
1244 ~ 1317
Patriarch of the East Syrian Church.
Affiliation: East Syrian Church | Locale: Beijing
Jiang Jieshi (Jan 12)
1887 ~ 1975
Military leader of China; chairman of the Nationalist Party; President of the Republic of China.
John of Marignolli (Dec 20)
Franciscan and papal emissary to the emperor of China.
Affiliation: Franciscan Order | Locale: Beijing
Song Shangjie (Dec 16)
1901 ~ 1944
Chinese revivalist, evangelist, and author. Sung's fearless and tireless ministry in China and Southeast Asia has resulted in thousands of conversions as well as revival in the life of churches he visited.
Affiliations: Chinese Methodist Church‚ Bethel Worldwide Evangelistic Band | Locale: Fujian Province
David Gordon Anderson (Nov 30)
1908 ~ 1939
Medical missionary of the China Inland Mission. Served at the Wilmay Memorial Hospital in Changzhi, Shanxi Province as an attending physician and hospital director. Died at a young age after contracting typhoid from a wounded soldier he treated.
Affiliation: China Inland Mission | Locale: Shanxi Province
Antonio Riberi (Nov 21)
1897 ~ 1967
Vatican representative to China (1946-49) and Taiwan (1953-59).
Affiliation: Roman Catholic Church | Locales: Jiangsu Province‚ Taiwan
Theodore (“Ted”) Choy (Nov 15)
1916 ~ 1992
Pioneer worker among Chinese students in North America; frequent traveler to China after 1979 to minister to house churches.
Affiliation: Ambassadors for Christ, Inc. | Locales: Hong Kong ‚ United States‚ China
Karl Friedrich August Gutzlaff (Nov 1)
1803 ~ 1851
First German Lutheran Missionary to China.
Affiliations: Netherlands Missionary Society‚ Chinese Evangelization Society | Locales: Macau ‚ Hong Kong‚ Guangdong Province
Mei Ling (Oct 24)
1851 ~ 1952
Pioneer Christian Educator; pastor
Locales: United States ‚ Henan Province
Chiu C. C. (Oct 7)
Father of Zhao Enci; an ordained deacon and treasurer of a Baptist church in Hong Kong.
Wen Jizhen (Oct 5)
1895 ~ 1981
Educator; wife of Zhao Enci
Affiliation: Lingnan University | Locales: Guangzhou City‚ Hong Kong
Feng Xiuyuan (Sep 26)
1902 ~ 1977
Christian educator. “Heroine of Suzhou City’”; Principal of Qixiu Girls’ School.
Affiliation: Suzhou Qixiu Girls’ School | Locale: Anhui Province
James Hudson Taylor (Sep 1)
1832 ~ 1905
Founder and director of the China Inland Mission.
Affiliation: China Inland Mission | Locale: Jiangsu Province
Annie Garland (Aug 24)
1861 ~ 1929
Australian missionary who served for thirty-nine years in Gansu and finally sacrificed her life for the people there.
Affiliation: China Inland Mission | Locale: Gansu Province
Ernst Faber (Aug 12)
1839 ~ 1899
Prolific German Protestant missionary and Confucian scholar.
Affiliations: Rhenish Missionary Society‚ General Evangelical Protestant Missionary Society | Locales: Guangdong Province‚ Shanghai