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Roman Catholic missionaries. These include: Jordan Catala. Giovanni de' Marignolli alias John De Marignolli. Roberto de Nobili. St. Francis Xavier (1506–52) Matheus de Castro (1594–1677) Thomas de Castro (d. 1684)
Mother Teresa. Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu MC (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Albanian: [aˈɲɛzə ˈɡɔndʒɛ bɔjaˈdʒi.u]; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa, [a] was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and the founder of the Missionaries of Charity. Born in Skopje, then part of the Ottoman Empire, [b] she was raised ...
Amy Carmichael was a prolific writer, publishing many books and articles about her experiences as a missionary in India. Carmichael died in India in 1951 at the age of 83. She asked that no stone be put over her grave at Dohnavur. Other Christian missionaries have cited her as an influence. [12] India outlawed temple prostitution in 1948 ...
St. Thomas the Apostle (Mar Thoma) 1st century AD. Galilee. 3 July 72 AD. Mylapore, Chennai (presently Santhome) The Apostle of India, who came to Tamilakam, present day Kerala and Tamil Nadu, and was martyred on St.Thomas Mount. 3 July (solemnity in India) St. Bartholomew the Apostle. 1st century AD.
Christianity is the predominant religion in the North East states of Nagaland, MizoramMeghalaya, and Manipur, and has substantial populations in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Tripura, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Goaand Andaman Nicobar Islands.
Swami Shilananda (born Pere Julià Mayol; 17 June 1925 – 15 December 2022 [1]) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary who lived in India from 1948 to 2017. He spent most of his missionary life in and around Nashik, in Maharashtra. He founded the Sanjivan Ashram at Lonarwadi, Sinnar, in the State of Maharashtra, India.
Born. (1761-08-17) 17 August 1761. Paulerspury, England. Died. 9 June 1834 (1834-06-09) (aged 72) Serampore, Bengal Presidency, British India. Signature. William Carey (17 August 1761 – 9 June 1834) was an English Christian missionary, Particular Baptist minister, translator, social reformer and cultural anthropologist who founded the ...
Occupation. Christian missionary. John Allen Chau (December 18, 1991 – November 17, 2018) was an American evangelical Christian missionary who was killed by the Sentinelese, a tribe in voluntary isolation, after illegally traveling to North Sentinel Island in an attempt to introduce the tribe to Christianity. [ 3 ][ 4 ]