Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafia
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafia is an ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church located in Lafia, Nigeria, serving local Catholics under the leadership of a diocesan bishop.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21210395 — 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: Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafia Context triple: [Catholic Church in Nigeria, hasJurisdiction, Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafia]
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Ahiara
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ahiara is an ecclesiastical territory in southeastern Nigeria serving a predominantly Igbo Catholic population and known for its significant role in local church life and past governance controversies.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Bata
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bata is an ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Equatorial Guinea, serving the faithful in and around the city of Bata under the jurisdiction of the local episcopal hierarchy.
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C.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Maliana
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Maliana is an ecclesiastical territory in East Timor serving as a local jurisdiction of the Catholic Church under the metropolitan authority of the Archdiocese of Dili.
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D.
Diocese of Gamboma
The Diocese of Gamboma is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the Republic of the Congo that functions as a suffragan diocese under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Brazzaville.
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Diocese of Funai
The Diocese of Funai was a former Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction in Japan that existed in the 16th–17th centuries during the early period of Christian evangelization there.
- 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: Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafia Target entity description: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafia is an ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church located in Lafia, Nigeria, serving local Catholics under the leadership of a diocesan bishop.
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A.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Ahiara
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ahiara is an ecclesiastical territory in southeastern Nigeria serving a predominantly Igbo Catholic population and known for its significant role in local church life and past governance controversies.
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B.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bata
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bata is an ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Equatorial Guinea, serving the faithful in and around the city of Bata under the jurisdiction of the local episcopal hierarchy.
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C.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Maliana
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Maliana is an ecclesiastical territory in East Timor serving as a local jurisdiction of the Catholic Church under the metropolitan authority of the Archdiocese of Dili.
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D.
Diocese of Gamboma
The Diocese of Gamboma is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the Republic of the Congo that functions as a suffragan diocese under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Brazzaville.
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E.
Diocese of Funai
The Diocese of Funai was a former Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction in Japan that existed in the 16th–17th centuries during the early period of Christian evangelization there.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.