Prominent Salesian Figures
He founded the Salesian order in 1859.
Who is St. Don John Bosco?
This year, the Salesians first arrived in Australia.
When was 1922?
The administrative centre of the Catholic Church is situated in Italy.
Where is the Vatican City?
Bosco set up his first permanent oratory here.
Where is Valdocco?
St Joseph's follows this Catholic religious order.
What is the Salesians of Don Bosco?
He is the namesake of the Salesian order.
Who is St Francis de Sales?
This state is hosting OzBosco in 2026.
Where is Tasmania?
On May 8 2025, Pope Leo XV was elected to become the Pope of the Catholic Church.
Who is Pope Leo XIV?
Don Bosco had a dream at this age, where he met the Blessed Virgin Mary in a prophetic vision.
Our College motto in Latin is "Agite quae didicistis", but this is what it means in English.
What is "Put into practice what you have learnt"?
Who is Margherita Occhiena?
This is the number of Salesian schools throughout the Australia-Pacific region.
How many is 12?
St Peter, born Simon and an apostle of Jesus, was the first Bishop of Rome, from approximately AD 130-164.
When was AD 30-64?
On the 31st of January 1888, Don Bosco passed away in this Italian city.
Where is Turin?
It was in this year that St Joseph's College was founded.
When was 1965?
He was Don Bosco's successor, and became the second Rector Major of the Salesian order.
Who is the Blessed Michele Rua?
After facing significant hardships in Broome, the Salesians relocated to this city in 1927.
Where is Melbourne?
The Vatican City is one of the last remaining absolute monarchies in the world, the others being Brunei, Eswatini, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and North Korea.
Why is North Korea not an absolute monarchy?
We call him as Don Bosco now, but on his birth certificate this is what it would say as his full name. (Middle name required)
Who is Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco?
This is the name of the current Ministry Captain.
Who is Noah Seraphim?
A student of Don Bosco, he died of pleurisy at the age of 14, and was canonised into a saint in 1954.
Who is St. Dominic Savio?
This man was the first Provincial Delegate of the Salesians in Australia.
Who is Father Bartholomew Maria Fedrigotti?
As of May 2026, there are 242 cardinals eligible to vote in the College of Cardinals.
How many are 242 cardinals in total? OR How many are 117 cardinals eligible to vote?
After expanding to France in 1875, the Salesians quickly moved across the seas to this country.
Where is Argentina?
In what is now the Year 8 building, the first cohort of St Joseph's College started with this many students.
How many is 56?