What is Salesians of Don Bosco?
{{Infobox organization | name = Society of Saint Francis de Sales | native_name = {{lang-la|Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii}} | image = File:Stemma big.png | image_size = 150px | caption = Coat of arms | abbreviation = SDB | nickname = Salesians of Don Bosco | formation = {{start date and age|Dec 18,1859}} | founder = [[John Bosco]] | founding_location = [[Valdocco]], [[Turin]] | type = Clerical Religious Congregation of Pontifical Right | purpose = | headquarters = [[Rome]], [[Italy]] | membership = 14,767 (9,847 priests)<ref>https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/ diocese/dqsdb.html</ref> | membership_year = 2000 | leader_title = [[Rector Major of the Salesians]] | leader_name = Ángel Fernández Artime, SDB | leader_title2 = Vicar of the Rector Major | leader_name2 = Francesco Cereda, SDB | website = {{URL|sdb.org/en}} }} The '''Salesians of Don Bosco''' ('''SDB'''), formally known as the '''Society of Saint Francis de Sales''' ({{Lang-la|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 [[John Bosco|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]]. ==References== <references /> {{europe-stub}} [[Category:19th-century establishments in Europe]]