Ecclesiastical Province of Benin City
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The Ecclesiastical Province of Benin City is a major Catholic Church jurisdiction in southern Nigeria, grouping together the Archdiocese of Benin City and its suffragan dioceses for pastoral coordination and governance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ecclesiastical Province of Benin City canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21210427 — 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: Ecclesiastical Province of Benin City Context triple: [Catholic Church in Nigeria, hasEcclesiasticalProvince, Ecclesiastical Province of Benin City]
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A.
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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B.
Ecclesiastical Province of Abuja
The Ecclesiastical Province of Abuja is a major Catholic Church jurisdiction in Nigeria centered on the Archdiocese of Abuja and encompassing several suffragan dioceses in the surrounding region.
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C.
Ecclesiastical Province of Onitsha
The Ecclesiastical Province of Onitsha is a major Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in southeastern Nigeria, centered on the Archdiocese of Onitsha and encompassing several suffragan dioceses.
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D.
Ecclesiastical Province of Ibadan
The Ecclesiastical Province of Ibadan is a major Catholic Church jurisdiction in southwestern Nigeria, grouping several dioceses under the metropolitan authority of the Archdiocese of Ibadan.
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E.
Ecclesiastical province of Kaduna
The Ecclesiastical Province of Kaduna is a regional grouping of Catholic dioceses in northern Nigeria, headed by the Archdiocese of Kaduna and coordinating pastoral and administrative activities across its suffragan sees.
- 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: Ecclesiastical Province of Benin City Target entity description: The Ecclesiastical Province of Benin City is a major Catholic Church jurisdiction in southern Nigeria, grouping together the Archdiocese of Benin City and its suffragan dioceses for pastoral coordination and governance.
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A.
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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B.
Ecclesiastical Province of Abuja
The Ecclesiastical Province of Abuja is a major Catholic Church jurisdiction in Nigeria centered on the Archdiocese of Abuja and encompassing several suffragan dioceses in the surrounding region.
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C.
Ecclesiastical Province of Onitsha
The Ecclesiastical Province of Onitsha is a major Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in southeastern Nigeria, centered on the Archdiocese of Onitsha and encompassing several suffragan dioceses.
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D.
Ecclesiastical Province of Ibadan
The Ecclesiastical Province of Ibadan is a major Catholic Church jurisdiction in southwestern Nigeria, grouping several dioceses under the metropolitan authority of the Archdiocese of Ibadan.
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E.
Ecclesiastical province of Kaduna
The Ecclesiastical Province of Kaduna is a regional grouping of Catholic dioceses in northern Nigeria, headed by the Archdiocese of Kaduna and coordinating pastoral and administrative activities across its suffragan sees.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.