Patron Saint of Missions

9 saints found

Andrzej Bobola

Feast Day: May 16

Patron of: Poland, Russia, Jesuits, missions, unity of Christians

Polish Jesuit missionary martyred for converting Eastern Europeans to Catholicism.

Feast Day: December 3

Patron of: missionaries, missions, foreign missions, India, Japan, East Asia, immigrants

Legendary Jesuit missionary who brought Christianity to millions across Asia.

Feast Day: January 5

Patron of: Bishops, Catholic schools, missions, children's education

Redemptorist bishop who founded America's first diocesan Catholic school system and reformed Philadelphia's Church.

Feast Day: July 1

Patron of: California, missions, native peoples

Franciscan missionary who founded nine California missions and evangelize indigenous peoples.

Feast Day: September 28

Patron of: Japan, Philippines, martyrs, mixed-race Catholics, missions

First Filipino saint martyred in Japan for refusing to renounce his Christian faith.

Feast Day: March 7

Patron of: Missions, Indigenous peoples, spiritual renewal

Indigenous Mexican missionary whose mystical zeal converted thousands in colonial North America.

Feast Day: September 5

Patron of: Calcutta, the dying, the poor, the sick, missions, marginalized people

Nun who founded Missionaries of Charity to serve the world's poorest.

Feast Day: April 2

Patron of: Philippines, missions, youth, catechists, evangelization

Filipino youth and lay catechist martyred in 1672; patron of Asian missions.

Feast Day: September 9

Patron of: Slaves, enslaved people, missions, interracial justice, Cartagena, Colombia

Jesuit who served enslaved Africans and fought against slavery's inhumanity.