After the Dutch occupied the island in 1642, and the Spanish missionaries were arrested and deported, about 4,000 people had been converted. There followed a period of 200 years during which no missionaries were allowed to visit Taiwan.
一六四二年，荷蘭人進佔台灣北部，神父們和西班牙軍隊被荷蘭人逐出台灣，這時已有四千名天主教徒。