The Salesians of Don Bosco in the Philippines is a Catholic religious congregation of pontifical right working in the Philippines under two jurisdictions: for Luzon, the Philippine North Province (FIN); for Visayas and Mindanao, the Philippine South Province (FIS).
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The Salesians started working in the Philippines in 1951. The FIN has 25 canonically erected communities while the FIS has 14 canonically erected communities.
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Abbreviation | S.D.B. |
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Formation | 18 December 1859 |
Founder | St. John Bosco |
Type | Clerical Religious Congregation (Clerical religious institute of pontifical right) |
Purpose | Dedicated to do apostolic works |
Headquarters | Direzione Generale Opere Don Bosco, Via della Pisana 1111, Casella Postale 18333, 00163 Roma |
Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime | |
Vicar of the Rector Major | Fr. Francesco Cereda |
Main organ | Rector Major And General Council |
Website | sdb |
Formerly called | Society of St Francis of Sales |
The Salesian presences refer to a physical presence of a Salesian work in a geographical area. Salesian presences may house more than one Salesian community doing one or more works. A Salesian community on the other hand is a religious house that has been canonically established by the congregation to live in a stable manner in a Salesian presence. Salesians identify eight official works:
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