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.[2]
Fr. Jerome Stanislaus Dsouza, is the Chief of the Jesuit Missions in South Asia.[3][4]
