[DOC] [TLE] History of the Catholic Church in Japan - Wikipedia [PAR] Christian missionaries arrived with Francis Xavier and the Jesuits in the 1540s 
and briefly ... Only after the Meiji Restoration was Christianity re-established in 
Japan. ... 1543, and Catholic missionary activities in Japan began in earnest 
around 1549, ... The Portuguese accused Spanish Jesuits of working for their 
homeland... [DOC] [TLE] Christianity in Japan - Wikipedia [PAR] Christianity in Japan is among the nation's minority religions. Fewer than one 
percent of the .... The Japanese Bible Society was established in 1937 with the 
help of ... by the Russian Orthodox Church to Hakodate, Hokkaid as priest to a 
chapel of ... Christianity in Japan was the arrival of the Portuguese Catholics in 
1549. [DOC] [TLE] Christianity in Japan - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Roman Catholic missionary activities in Japan began in 1549, carried out by ... 
1885, the emperor established friendly relations with Pope Leo XIII and with 
Spain. ... the Russian Orthodox Church to Hakodate, Hokkaid as priest to a 
chapel of... [DOC] [TLE] The Jesuits in Japan [PAR] True Christianity reached China and Japan 2000 years: ... The Japanese had 
their own version of the Spanish Armada when the Mongols ... The Jesuits first 
entered Japan around 1549 and were warmly received by the Japanese 
Emperor. ... Soon missions were established throughout the country and converts 
were made... [DOC] [TLE] Saint Francis Xavier and the Roots of Christianity in Japan | Nippon ... [PAR] Aug 27, 2015 ... Arriving in Japan in 1549, Jesuit priest Francis Xavier played a key role in the 
early ... to the enduring influence of Spanish and Portuguese missionaries. .... In 
1600, the same year that Tokugawa Ieyasu established control of... [DOC] [TLE] Christianity In Japan - The Evangelization Station [PAR] 1549 Francis Xavier establishes Japan's first Christian mission at Kagoshima ... 
1602 The Spanish Galleon Espiritu Santo, blown off course in a storm, arrives in 
Shimizu Harbour; ... French Catholic Priest Mermet de Cachon arrives in Japan. [DOC] [TLE] HISTORY OF THE JESUITS [PAR] In 1521 a 30-year-old Spanish aristocrat and soldier, Ignatius of Loyola, .... He 
sails from Goa in April 1549 with two other Jesuits and with Anjiro, now a 
baptized Christian. ... Japan is the furthest point yet reached by Europeans in 
their 16th-century ... The Franciscans, in particular, were established to live and 
preach among... [DOC] [TLE] Epic World History: Christian Century in Japan [PAR] Francis Xavier, a founder of the Society of Jesus, arrived in Japan in 1549, ... 
merchants showed toward Catholic priests, many Japanese lords converted to 
the new ... and Spain's colonial ambitions, which had made the Philippines a 
colony. [DOC] [TLE] History of Christianity in Japan - Tofugu [PAR] Jan 8, 2015 ... Japanese Christianity begins in Kyushu. ... In the early 16th century the 
Portuguese had established colonies in India, including ... The two set sail on a 
Chinese ship, along with two Spanish Jesuits, ... On August 15, 1549 they 
disembarked at Kagoshima. .... In 1562, he even became a Buddhist lay-priest. [DOC] [TLE] About Japan: A Teacher's Resource | Religion in Tokugawa Japan ... [PAR] The shogun and his advisors made Edo (now known as Tokyo) the realm's ..... in 
1549, the Basque Jesuit began the task of spreading Christianity throughout ... In 
1593 Spanish Franciscan priests entered Japan to spread the Christian faith. [DOC] [TLE] St. Paul Miki and the Rise of Japan's Hidden Christians - Crisis ... [PAR] Feb 6, 2014 ... Six Franciscan missionaries (from Spain, Mexico, and India), three ... the arrival of 
St. Francis Xavier's Jesuit missionary expedition in 1549. By the time Xavier left 
Japan in 1552, he had made perhaps three thousand Japanese converts. ... Miki, 
who would have become the first native-born Japanese priest. [DOC] [TLE] Saint Francis Xavier | Christian missionary | Britannica.com [PAR] Saint Francis Xavier, Spanish San Francisco Javier, or Xavier (born April 7, 1506, 
... in the establishment of Christianity in India, the Malay Archipelago, and Japan. 
... reassembled in Venice,

Question: In 1549 this Spanish priest established Christianity in Japan
Answer: St. Francis Xavier