The first Catholic order was introduced to Taiwan by Father Martinez and his team of four Spanish Dominicans, when he landed at Keelung and established the first Catholic churches there and in Tamsui.
至於台灣的天主教，是於西元一六二六年，由西班牙道明會的馬志烈神父率領其他四位神父傳到台灣來的。他們由菲律賓來台，首先在基隆建立丁島上第一座天主堂，開始在基隆、淡水等地傳教。