(ANS – Rome) – Established in 1883, the Salesian Province based in São Paulo (BSP) initially had its headquarters at the Villa Colon Institute in Montevideo, Uruguay. In 1896, the headquarters was transferred to the San Joaquin High School in Lorena, São Paulo State, and in 1908 to the Coração de Jesus High School in São Paulo, where it was separated from the Uruguayan territory. Since then, BSP has given rise to two other Salesian Provinces in Brazil: the "St. John Bosco" Province, based in Belo Horizonte (BBH), established in 1947 and the "St. Pius X" Salesian Province, based in Porto Alegre (BPA), established in 1963

(ANS – Rome) – In 1925, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first Salesian missionary dispatch, Fr. Cimatti and the first group of missionaries—consisting of six priests and three brothers, a total of nine members—were sent to Japan. They initially took over three parishes in Miyazaki, Nakatsu, and Oita in the Kyushu region from the Paris Foreign Missions Society, which had already been conducting missionary activities.

(ANS – Rome) – The first Salesian missionaries, personally sent by Don Bosco, arrived in Ecuador on January 12, 1888, beginning their mission in Quito on January 28 of the same year. They took charge of the Catholic Protectorate of Arts and Crafts, an institution dedicated to training artisans and technicians. Additionally, they established a festive oratory for poor children and began expanding their mission to other cities, reaching Riobamba in 1890 and Cuenca in 1893. This pioneering effort marked the beginning of the Salesian educational and pastoral mission, which remains active today across Ecuador’s three regions: the Coast, the Sierra, and the Amazon.

(ANS – Rome) – The Vice-province of Mary Help of Christians, Malta (MLT) was erected in July 2018, with Fr. Paul Formosa as the first Superior. However, the Salesian presence in Malta began in 1903 with St Patrick’s, Sliema, under the “English” province consisting of England, Ireland, Malta and South Africa. The first Rector was Patrick O’Grady, an Irishman.

(ANS - Rome) - From 24 June 2006 to 20 January 2025, the Salesian Circumscription of Africa Great Lakes (AGL) was a Vice-Province. Recently, on 21 January 2025, the Vicar of the Rector Major, Fr Stefano Martoglio, issued a document (Prot. 2024/SG/0028) entitled ‘Decree of canonical erection of the Salesian St Charles Lwanga Province of Africa Great Lakes and suppression of the Vice-Province’. From this date, therefore, AGL is no longer a Vice-Province but a Province. And it is with this new status that the Salesians in AGL briefly share their history.

(ANS - Rome) - The St Dominic Savio Province of Manaus Brazil began in 1958, at the same time as another Brazilian Province, the one dedicated to St Pius X, based in Porto Alegre. This was the decision of the 18th General Chapter, during the term of office of the Rector Major Fr Renato Ziggiotti. However, the history of the Salesian presence in the region is much older.