Anglican Diocese of Lagos
E1001586
The Anglican Diocese of Lagos is a prominent diocese of the Church of Nigeria, encompassing Anglican congregations in and around Lagos and serving as a major center of Anglican worship and administration in the country.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anglican Diocese of Lagos canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12711653 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anglican Diocese of Lagos Context triple: [Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina, isCathedralOf, Anglican Diocese of Lagos]
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A.
Archdiocese of Lagos
The Archdiocese of Lagos is a major Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in southwestern Nigeria, centered in the city of Lagos and led by an archbishop.
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B.
Archdiocese of Kaduna
The Archdiocese of Kaduna is a major Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in northern Nigeria that serves as the metropolitan see for several suffragan dioceses in the region.
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C.
Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos
The Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos is a major Roman Catholic church jurisdiction in southwestern Nigeria, grouping together several dioceses under the metropolitan authority of the Archdiocese of Lagos.
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D.
Church of the Province of West Africa
The Church of the Province of West Africa is a major Anglican ecclesiastical province encompassing several West African countries and uniting their Anglican dioceses under a common regional structure.
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E.
Diocese of Kontagora
The Diocese of Kontagora is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction located in Kontagora, Nigeria.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anglican Diocese of Lagos Target entity description: The Anglican Diocese of Lagos is a prominent diocese of the Church of Nigeria, encompassing Anglican congregations in and around Lagos and serving as a major center of Anglican worship and administration in the country.
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A.
Archdiocese of Lagos
The Archdiocese of Lagos is a major Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in southwestern Nigeria, centered in the city of Lagos and led by an archbishop.
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B.
Archdiocese of Kaduna
The Archdiocese of Kaduna is a major Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in northern Nigeria that serves as the metropolitan see for several suffragan dioceses in the region.
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C.
Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos
The Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos is a major Roman Catholic church jurisdiction in southwestern Nigeria, grouping together several dioceses under the metropolitan authority of the Archdiocese of Lagos.
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D.
Church of the Province of West Africa
The Church of the Province of West Africa is a major Anglican ecclesiastical province encompassing several West African countries and uniting their Anglican dioceses under a common regional structure.
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E.
Diocese of Kontagora
The Diocese of Kontagora is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction located in Kontagora, Nigeria.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglican diocese
ⓘ
Christian ecclesiastical jurisdiction ⓘ |
| affiliation | Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cathedralCity | Lagos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| churchTradition | Anglican NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| denomination | Anglicanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows |
Bible
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Book of Common Prayer (Anglican) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | Diocesan synod of the Anglican Diocese of Lagos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCathedral | Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina, Lagos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
Christian education and discipleship
ⓘ
administration of Anglican parishes in Lagos ⓘ mission and evangelism in Lagos ⓘ ordination of Anglican clergy in its territory ⓘ pastoral oversight of Anglican clergy in Lagos ⓘ social and charitable outreach in Lagos ⓘ |
| hasMinistry |
choir and music ministry
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education ministry ⓘ health and social welfare ministry NERFINISHED ⓘ men’s fellowship ⓘ women’s ministry ⓘ youth ministry ⓘ |
| headedBy | Bishop of Lagos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| holdsEvent |
annual diocesan conventions
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confirmation services ⓘ diocesan synod meetings ⓘ ordination services ⓘ |
| isMajorCenterFor |
Anglican church administration in Nigeria
ⓘ
Anglican worship in Nigeria ⓘ |
| jurisdictionOver |
Anglican congregations around Lagos
ⓘ
Anglican parishes in Lagos ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy |
English
ⓘ
Yoruba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lagos State
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South West Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentChurch | Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Church of Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| province | Anglican Province of Lagos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Island and mainland areas of Lagos
ⓘ
Metropolitan Lagos area ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| rite | Anglican rite ⓘ |
| seeCity | Lagos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theologyOrientation |
conservative Anglican
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evangelical Anglican ⓘ |
| typeOfBishop | diocesan bishop ⓘ |
| usesCalendar | liturgical year (Anglican) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Anglican Diocese of Lagos Description of subject: The Anglican Diocese of Lagos is a prominent diocese of the Church of Nigeria, encompassing Anglican congregations in and around Lagos and serving as a major center of Anglican worship and administration in the country.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.