Francisco de Pina

Francisco de Pina
Francisco de Pina (left) & Alexandre de Rhodes (right), two missionaries that had the great impact on developing the new chữ Quốc ngữ.
Personal details
Born	1585 Guarda,  Portugal.
Died	15 December 1625(1625-12-15) (aged 39–40) Da Nang, Vietnam.
Nationality	Portugal
Denomination	Roman Catholicism

Francisco de Pina (1585 – 1625) was a Portuguese Jesuit interpreter, missionary and priest, credited with creating the first Latinized script of the Vietnamese language, which the modern Vietnamese alphabet is based on.