page_title: Salesians of Don Bosco
hierarchical_section_title: Salesians of Don Bosco
caption_attribution_description: 中文（繁體）‎: 天主教台北總教區聖若望鮑思高天主堂的聖若望鮑思高雕像。English: Statue of Don Bosco at St. John Bosco Parish Church, Taipei, Taiwan Français&#160;: Statue de Saint Jean Bosco à l'église Saint Jean Bosco à Taipei, Taiwan
context_page_description: The Salesians of Saint John Bosco, formerly known as the Society of Saint Francis de Sales, is a religious congregation of men in the Catholic Church, founded in the late 19th century by Italian priest Saint John Bosco to help poor children during the Industrial Revolution and named after Saint Francis de Sales, a 17th-century bishop of Geneva.
  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". The women's institute is known as the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco.
context_section_description: The Salesians of Saint John Bosco (SDB), formerly 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 the late 19th century by Italian priest Saint John Bosco to help poor children during the Industrial Revolution and named after Saint Francis de Sales, a 17th-century bishop of Geneva.
  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". The women's institute is known as the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco.
caption: Statue of Don Bosco at St John Bosco Parish Church, Taipei, Taiwan
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