Salesians of Don Bosco
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The Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), formally known as the Society of Saint Francis de Sales (Latin: Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii), is a religious congregation of men in the Catholic Church, founded in 1859 by the Italian priest John Bosco to help poor and migrant youngsters during the Industrial Revolution. The congregation was named after Francis de Sales, a 17th-century bishop of Geneva.
Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii | |
Abbreviation | SDB |
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Nickname | Salesians of Don Bosco |
Formation | December 18, 1859; 164 years ago (December 18, 1859) |
Founder | John Bosco |
Founded at | Valdocco, Turin |
Type | Clerical Religious Congregation of Pontifical Right |
Headquarters | Rome, Italy |
Membership (2022) | 14,614 (128 bishops, 14,056 priests and 430 novices) |
Ángel Fernández Artime, SDB | |
Vicar of the Rector Major | Francesco Cereda, SDB |
Website | sdb |
The Salesians' charter describes the society's mission as "the Christian perfection of its associates obtained by the exercise of spiritual and corporal works of charity towards the young, especially the poor, and the education of boys to the priesthood".[1] Its associated women's institute is the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, while the lay movement is the Association of Salesian Cooperators.