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, 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.

This article is about the religious order. For schools bearing the name, see Don Bosco School (disambiguation).
Society of Saint Francis de Sales
Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii
AbbreviationSDB
NicknameSalesians of Don Bosco
FormationDecember 18, 1859 (December 18, 1859)
FounderJohn Bosco
Founded atValdocco, Turin
TypeClerical Religious Congregation of Pontifical Right
HeadquartersRome, 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
Websitesdb.org/en

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". Its associated women's institute is the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, while the lay movement is the Association of Salesian Cooperators.

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