Francis Xavier, a founding member of the…

1540 CE to 1551 CE

Francis Xavier, a founding member of the newly established Jesuit order, becomes the first Jesuit missionary to India, settling in Portuguese occupied Goa, which has assumed the area of its present limits.

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Old Goa Goa India View →

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Francis Xavier View →

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Papal States (Republic of St. Peter) View → Portugal, Avizan (Joannine) Kingdom of View → India, Portuguese State of View → Jesuits, or Order of the Society of Jesus View →

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Colonization of Asia, Portuguese View → Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival) View →

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Labor and Service View → Faith View → Government View →

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