Roman Catholic Diocese of Niigata
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Niigata is an ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Japan, serving the faithful in the Niigata region under the metropolitan authority of the Archdiocese of Tokyo.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ecclesiastical province of Tokyo | 1 |
| Roman Catholic Diocese of Niigata canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21796630 — 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 Niigata Context triple: [Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo, hasSuffraganDiocese, Roman Catholic Diocese of Niigata]
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Yokohama
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yokohama is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Japan, overseeing parishes and pastoral activities in the Yokohama region under the authority of a diocesan bishop.
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki is a major ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Japan that oversees Catholic communities in and around Nagasaki, a historic center of Japanese Christianity and site of significant persecution and postwar revival.
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo is the principal Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Japan’s capital region, overseeing numerous parishes and institutions and serving as a metropolitan see within the Catholic Church in Japan.
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D.
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.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Siuna
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Siuna is an ecclesiastical territory in Nicaragua serving the faithful in the country’s northeastern region under the jurisdiction of the Latin Church.
- 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 Niigata Target entity description: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Niigata is an ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Japan, serving the faithful in the Niigata region under the metropolitan authority of the Archdiocese of Tokyo.
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A.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Yokohama
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yokohama is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Japan, overseeing parishes and pastoral activities in the Yokohama region under the authority of a diocesan bishop.
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B.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki is a major ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Japan that oversees Catholic communities in and around Nagasaki, a historic center of Japanese Christianity and site of significant persecution and postwar revival.
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C.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo is the principal Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Japan’s capital region, overseeing numerous parishes and institutions and serving as a metropolitan see within the Catholic Church in Japan.
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D.
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.
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E.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Siuna
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Siuna is an ecclesiastical territory in Nicaragua serving the faithful in the country’s northeastern region under the jurisdiction of the Latin Church.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Roman Catholic Diocese of Niigata