Salesians of Don Bosco in the Philippines
Coat of Arms of the Salesians Logo of the Salesians | |
Map showing the regions marked with the locations of provincial and vice provincial headquarters. | |
| 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 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). The Salesians started working in the Philippines in 1951. The FIN has 25 canonically erected communities while the FIS has 14 canonically erected communities.