{"id":29161,"date":"2026-02-27T18:06:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T02:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=29161"},"modified":"2026-02-27T18:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T02:06:14","slug":"statistics-of-the-salesian-congregation-as-of-december-31-2025-an-updated-picture-of-its-global-presence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2026\/02\/27\/statistics-of-the-salesian-congregation-as-of-december-31-2025-an-updated-picture-of-its-global-presence\/","title":{"rendered":"Statistics of the Salesian Congregation as of December 31, 2025: An Updated Picture of Its Global Presence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(ANS \u2013 Rome)<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 The General Secretariat of the Salesian Congregation, led by Fr. Guido Garino, has compiled statistical data on the state of the Congregation at the end of 2025. The information, based on data contained in the \u201cFlash\u201d reports submitted by the 93 secretaries of the Salesian Provinces and Vice-Provinces worldwide and collected through the portal portal.sdb.org, offers a detailed snapshot of the Salesian presence in the 138 countries where the Salesian Family operates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Congregation Personnel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of December 31, 2025, the Congregation included a total of 13,444 professed Salesians. With the addition of 114 bishops, the total number of Sons of Don Bosco stands at 13,558.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The breakdown by vocation is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Priests: 9,116 (67.81%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clerics: 2,654 (19.74%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brothers (Coadjutors): 1,276 (9.49%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Novices: 384 (2.86%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Permanent Deacons: 14 (0.10%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Compared to the previous year, total membership declined slightly (\u201396 members), due to the number of deaths (233) and departures (264) exceeding new admissions (398 novices and 3 readmissions).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Young Vocations: A Point for Reflection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Particular attention should be given to the younger generations. The 384 novices present at the end of 2025 represent the future of the Congregation. Of those who entered during the year, only 18 left, while four novices from 2024 received an extension of their novitiate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those currently in formation include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>423 prenovices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>939 postnovices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>492 practical trainees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>757 theology students<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>373 university students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the year, the Congregation celebrated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>364 first professions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>209 perpetual professions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>151 priestly ordinations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These milestones reflect a formation journey that continues to bear fruit despite ongoing demographic challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Salesian Houses Worldwide<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The total number of Salesian Houses is 1,850. Of these, 1,598 are canonically established with a resident Salesian community, and 119 are not canonically established but maintain a Salesian presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canonical norms require at least four confreres with perpetual vows for canonically established houses and at least three for those that are not canonically established.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Geography of Salesian Presence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Geographically, India ranks first with 2,742 professed members, followed by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Italy (1,704)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Poland (755)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spain (725)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brazil (566)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Together, these five countries account for more than 45% of the entire Congregation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Methodological Notes and Interpretation of the Data<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2025 data also include corrections to the 2024 \u201cFlash\u201d reports, reflecting the regularization of pending cases and the integration of documents received during the year. The complete data have been processed and organized by province, country, and Salesian Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese statistics are not merely impersonal numbers,\u201d commented Fr. Garino. \u201cThey are indicators of the vitality and dynamism the Congregation continues to experience 166 years after its foundation. These data express, as numbers are able, the many dimensions in which the Salesian presence has taken root around the world \u2014 becoming a companion to countless people and tracing a path of light that, thanks to God, shows no sign of stopping.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(ANS \u2013 Rome)\u00a0\u2013 The General Secretariat of the Salesian Congregation, led by Fr. Guido Garino, has compiled statistical data on the state of the Congregation at the end of 2025. The information, based on data contained in the \u201cFlash\u201d reports submitted by the 93 secretaries of the Salesian Provinces and Vice-Provinces worldwide and collected through the portal portal.sdb.org, offers a detailed snapshot of the Salesian &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2026\/02\/27\/statistics-of-the-salesian-congregation-as-of-december-31-2025-an-updated-picture-of-its-global-presence\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continuar leyendo <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Statistics of the Salesian Congregation as of December 31, 2025: An Updated Picture of Its Global Presence<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":10336596,"featured_media":29164,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[782003439,516714022],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-formation","category-salesian-world-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/salesianbulletin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-27-Statistics-feature.jpg?fit=1600%2C875&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59ePG-7Al","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10336596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29161"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29165,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29161\/revisions\/29165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}