Ateneo de Davao University is a private Catholic basic and higher education institution, run by the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus in Davao City, Davao del Sur, Philippines. The name of the school in 1948, when the Jesuits took over the administration, was referred to as the diocesan school, St. Peter's Parochial School. The Jesuits renamed t…Ateneo de Davao University is a private Catholic basic and higher education institution, run by the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus in Davao City, Davao del Sur, Philippines. The name of the school in 1948, when the Jesuits took over the administration, was referred to as the diocesan school, St. Peter's Parochial School. The Jesuits renamed the school "Ateneo de Davao" after taking control.