Salesians of Don Bosco

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, it’s founded in the late 19th century by Italian priest Saint Don Bosco to help poor children during the Industrial Revolution. The congregation was named after Saint Francis de Sales, a 17th-century bishop of Geneva.

Society of Saint Francis de Sales

Latin: Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii
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Abbreviation	SDB
Nickname	Salesians of Don Bosco
Formation	Dec 18,1859 (Dec 18,1859)
Founder	John Bosco
Founded at	Valdocco, Turin
Type	Clerical Religious Congregation of Pontifical Right
Headquarters	Rome, Italy
Membership (2000)	14,767 (9,847 priests)
Rector Major of the Salesians	Ángel Fernández Artime, SDB
Vicar of the Rector Major	Francesco Cereda, SDB
Website	sdb.org/en