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The numbers of the Synod
50 cardinals
101 residential bishops
37 auxiliary bishops
44 archbishops
20 Presidents of Episcopal Conferences
5 fraternal delegates
14 Minor circles
35 women: 7 religious and 28 lay people
57 lay people
10 Superior Generals of the male religious congregations
Which Salesian Universities welcome the largest number of students?
1) Universidad Politécnica Salesiana of Ecuador: 24,500 students.
2) Universidade Católica Dom Bosco de Campo Grande: 13,000 students.
3) Universidad Salesiana UNISAL de Sao Paolo Brasil: 12,000 students.
4) Universidad Don Bosco El Salvador: 10,000 students.
5) Universidad Salesiana de Bolivia, Mesoamerican Universidad of Guatemala and Catholic University of Chile: all three between 6000 and 7000 students.
This year the Universidad Politécnica Salesiana of Ecuador has entered the ranking of the best one hundred universities in the world for the first time.
The Participants in the Synod
267 Synod Fathers take part in the Synod.
23 experts
49 auditors
34 young people
16 Salesians
2 Daughters of Mary Help of Christians
For the first time: 2 bishops from mainland China