In 1514, Taiwan was included in the Diocese of Funchal as a missionary jurisdiction; there was some organized Catholic activity on the island. In 1576, the first Chinese diocese, the Diocese of Macau, was established in Macau, a Portuguese colony, and covered most of China including Taiwan. The diocese of Macau was sub-divided several times over the next few centuries. In 1626, Northern Taiwan became a Spanish colony. In 1631, Jacinto Esquivel, a Spanish Dominican friar, build a church in Northern Taiwan. In chronological order, Taiwan belonged to the Apostolic Vicariate (now Archdiocese) of Nanjing) (1660), the Apostolic Vicariate of Fujian (now the Archdiocese of Fuzhou (1696) and the Apostolic Vicariate (now diocese) of Xiamen (1883).