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Jesuit Asia missions

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The Jesuits, or Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order, have had a long history of missions in East and South Asia from their very foundation in the 16th century.[1] St. Francis Xavier, a friend of St. Ignatius of Loyola and co-founder of the Society, visited India, the Moluques, Japan and died (1552) as he was attempting to enter China.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ Cañizares-Esguerra, Jorge; Maryks, Robert Aleksander; Hsia, Ronnie Po-Chia (13 August 2018). Encounters between Jesuits and Protestants in Asia and the Americas. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-37382-2.