Salesian Oblates of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
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Salesian Oblates of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (in Italian Salesiane Oblate del Sacro Cuore di Gesù with the abbreviation S.O.S.C.[1]) is an institute of religious sisters of pontifical right of Italian origin founded by Salesian Bishop Mgr. Giuseppe Cognata in 1933 at Bova Marina, Italy. The institute belongs to the Salesian Family.
The institute was founded on 8 December 1933, in Bova Marina by Mgr. Cognata, Bishop of the Dioceses of Bova (1933–1940).[2] It was approved as institute of pontifical right on 16 January 1962, and it was recognized by the Italian state on 26 December 1962. The Holy See gave to it the decree of praise on 24 January 1972;[2] and it formally joined the Salesian family on 24 December 1983.[3]