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Born in Mondéjar, Guadalajara, Spain, he entered the Society of Jesus at Alcalá on 27 May 1565. He was rector of the college of Navalcarnero, taught grammar for five years, and in 1579 went to the mission of Mexico, where he was rector of the seminary. Early in 1581 he set out for the Philippines with Bishop Domingo de Salazar.
He was among the first group of Franciscan missionaries who arrived in the Philippines on 2 July 1578. [ 2 ] He spent most of his missionary life in the Philippines , where he founded numerous towns in Luzon and authored several religious and linguistic books, most notably the Doctrina Cristiana (Christian Doctrine), the first book ever printed ...
Jim Elliot first heard of the Waorani in 1950 from a former missionary to Ecuador, and afterwards indicated that God had called him to Ecuador to evangelize the Waorani. He began corresponding with his friend Pete Fleming about his desire to minister in Ecuador, and in 1952 the two men set sail for Guayaquil as missionaries with the Plymouth ...
Pages in category "Roman Catholic missionaries in the Philippines" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Roman Catholic missionaries in the Philippines (1 C, 33 P) Pages in category "Christian missionaries in the Philippines" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
The Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus of the Philippines (Spanish: Provincia Agustiniana del Santísimo Nombre de Jesús de Filipinas) was a geographical and administrative subdivision of the religious Order of St. Augustine that was formally affiliated to the Order on March 7, 1575, to originally cater the needs of the growing Augustinian presence in Philippines who were serving ...
Peter Parker – missionary and doctor in 19th-century China; Ellen M. Stone - missionary, teacher, author remembered for the Miss Stone Affair; Arthur Henderson Smith – missionary and author, more than 50 years in China; Betsey Stockton – missionary to Hawaii; a freed slave who was one of the first American single women to go on a foreign ...
Filipino Protestant missionaries (1 C) This page was last edited on 28 March 2008, at 01:59 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...