Alphonsus Vagnoni
1566 ~ 1640
First Italian Jesuit missionary in Shanxi, China.
Affiliation: Society of Jesus | Locale: Shanxi
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Alessandro Valignano
1539 ~ 1606
Organizer of the Jesuit mission in Japan and China, patron of Matteo Ricci.
Affiliation: Society of Jesus | Locales: India, JapanMacau
Charles Vath
1909 ~ 1974
Director of the Hong Kong Catholic Center, founder and president of Caritas-Hong Kong (1953-68), and president of Caritas Internationalis (1972-74).
Affiliation: Roman Catholic Church | Locale: Hong Kong
Minnie Vautrin
1886 ~ 1941
American missionary who heroically saved the lives of many women at the Ginling Girls College during the Nanjing Massacre.
Affiliation: United Christian Missionary Society | Locale: Nanjing
Ferdinand Verbiest
1623 ~ 1688
Jesuit missionary, astronomer, and diplomat at the court of China.
Affiliation: Society of Jesus | Locale: Beijing
Claude Visdelou
1656 ~ 1737
Jesuit missionary in China and one of the royal mathematicians sent by Louis XIV to the court of China.
Affiliation: Society of Jesus | Locales: Beijing, Macau
Carl Johannes Voskamp
1859 ~ 1937
German missionary in China and prolific writer.
Affiliation: Berlin Missionary Society | Locales: Guangzhou, Shandong