Spanish Episcopal Conference

E277871

Catholic organization episcopal conference

The Spanish Episcopal Conference is the assembly of Catholic bishops in Spain that coordinates pastoral activities, doctrinal guidance, and relations with civil authorities for the Church in the country.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Spanish Episcopal Conference canonical	48
Episcopal Conference of Spain	13
Conference of Spanish Bishops	5
Catholic Church hierarchy in Spain	2
Conferencia Episcopal Española	2
Permanent Commission of the Spanish Episcopal Conference	2
Bishops' Conference of Spain	1
Conference of Bishops of Spain	1
Executive Committee of the Spanish Episcopal Conference	1
Plenary Assembly of the Spanish Episcopal Conference	1
Spanish episcopate	1
statutes of the Spanish Episcopal Conference	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2545016 — 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: Spanish Episcopal Conference
Context triple: [Archbishop of Córdoba, participatesIn, Spanish Episcopal Conference]

A. Italian Episcopal Conference
The Italian Episcopal Conference is the assembly of Catholic bishops in Italy that coordinates pastoral activities, represents the Church in relations with the Italian state, and provides guidance on religious and social issues.
B. Episcopal Conference of Peru
The Episcopal Conference of Peru is the national assembly of Catholic bishops in Peru that coordinates pastoral activities, sets common policies, and represents the Church in relations with the state and society.
C. Episcopal Conference of Chile
The Episcopal Conference of Chile is the assembly of Catholic bishops in Chile that coordinates the pastoral work, policies, and common positions of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the country.
D. Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences (CELAM)
The Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences (CELAM) is a regional body of the Catholic Church that coordinates and supports the pastoral work and collaboration of bishops’ conferences throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
E. Overseas Council of Spain
The Overseas Council of Spain was a Spanish imperial administrative body responsible for overseeing and managing the affairs of Spain’s overseas colonies after the decline of the Council of the Indies.
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: Spanish Episcopal Conference
Target entity description: The Spanish Episcopal Conference is the assembly of Catholic bishops in Spain that coordinates pastoral activities, doctrinal guidance, and relations with civil authorities for the Church in the country.

A. Italian Episcopal Conference
The Italian Episcopal Conference is the assembly of Catholic bishops in Italy that coordinates pastoral activities, represents the Church in relations with the Italian state, and provides guidance on religious and social issues.
B. Episcopal Conference of Peru
The Episcopal Conference of Peru is the national assembly of Catholic bishops in Peru that coordinates pastoral activities, sets common policies, and represents the Church in relations with the state and society.
C. Episcopal Conference of Chile
The Episcopal Conference of Chile is the assembly of Catholic bishops in Chile that coordinates the pastoral work, policies, and common positions of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the country.
D. Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences (CELAM)
The Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences (CELAM) is a regional body of the Catholic Church that coordinates and supports the pastoral work and collaboration of bishops’ conferences throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
E. Overseas Council of Spain
The Overseas Council of Spain was a Spanish imperial administrative body responsible for overseeing and managing the affairs of Spain’s overseas colonies after the decline of the Council of the Indies.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic organization ⓘ episcopal conference ⓘ
abbreviation	CEE ⓘ
composedOf	Catholic bishops of Spain ⓘ auxiliary bishops in Spain ⓘ diocesan bishops in Spain ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Holy See ⓘ Spanish government ⓘ other episcopal conferences ⓘ regional governments in Spain ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
fieldOfWork	doctrine ⓘ education ⓘ liturgy ⓘ pastoral care ⓘ social teaching and public life ⓘ
follows	Code of Canon Law ⓘ linked to: Code of Canon Law (1983) Second Vatican Council guidelines ⓘ
governingBody	Plenary Assembly of bishops ⓘ
hasPart	Episcopal Commissions ⓘ Executive Committee of the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ linked to: Spanish Episcopal Conference Permanent Commission of the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ linked to: Spanish Episcopal Conference Subcommissions and Secretariats ⓘ
hasRole	coordinates Catholic education policy with the state ⓘ coordinates pastoral activities of the Catholic Church in Spain ⓘ coordinates relations between dioceses in Spain ⓘ issues public statements on social and moral issues ⓘ manages national-level Church media and communications policy ⓘ organizes national pastoral plans ⓘ oversees liturgical norms at national level ⓘ promotes evangelization in Spain ⓘ provides doctrinal guidance for the Catholic Church in Spain ⓘ represents the Catholic Church in Spain before civil authorities ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Madrid ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus	public ecclesiastical juridic person ⓘ
locatedIn	Madrid ⓘ Spain ⓘ
memberOf	Council of European Bishops' Conferences ⓘ
nativeName	Conferencia Episcopal Española ⓘ linked to: Spanish Episcopal Conference
officeHeldBy	President of the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ Secretary General of the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ Vice President of the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ
purpose	to adapt general Church norms to the Spanish context ⓘ to coordinate charitable and social action of the Church in Spain ⓘ to defend and promote religious freedom in Spain ⓘ to foster unity of action among bishops in Spain ⓘ
recognizedBy	Holy See ⓘ Spanish State ⓘ linked to: Kingdom of Spain
religion	Catholicism ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (78)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Archbishop of Córdoba → participatesIn → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seville → belongsToConference → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela → region → Episcopal Conference of Spain ⓘ

linked to: Spanish Episcopal Conference

Diocese of Lugo → governingBody → Episcopal Conference of Spain ⓘ

linked to: Spanish Episcopal Conference

Diocese of Mondoñedo → belongsToConference → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Diocese of Tui → belongsTo → Conference of Spanish Bishops ⓘ

linked to: Spanish Episcopal Conference

Roman Catholic Diocese of Astorga → belongsToEpiscopalConference → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Spanish Episcopal Conference → nativeName → Conferencia Episcopal Española ⓘ

linked to: Spanish Episcopal Conference

Spanish Episcopal Conference → hasPart → Executive Committee of the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

linked to: Spanish Episcopal Conference

Spanish Episcopal Conference → hasPart → Permanent Commission of the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

linked to: Spanish Episcopal Conference

Bishop of Plasencia → memberOf → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Archbishop of Toledo → associatedWith → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Valencia → belongsToConference → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Roman Catholic Diocese of Córdoba → belongsToConference → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Archbishop of Seville → memberOf → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Bishop of Oviedo → memberOf → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Catholic Church in Spain → governingBody → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Archdiocese of Madrid → episcopalConference → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Diocese of Urgell → belongsToEpiscopalConference → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Joan-Enric Vives i Sicília → memberOf → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union → hasMember → Bishops' Conference of Spain ⓘ

linked to: Spanish Episcopal Conference

Archdiocese of Granada → belongsTo → Episcopal Conference of Spain ⓘ

linked to: Spanish Episcopal Conference

Movimiento Nacional → alliedWith → Catholic Church hierarchy in Spain ⓘ

linked to: Spanish Episcopal Conference

Council of European Bishops' Conferences → hasMember → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Antonio María Rouco Varela → memberOf → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Roman Catholic Diocese of Sigüenza-Guadalajara → belongsTo → Episcopal Conference of Spain ⓘ

linked to: Spanish Episcopal Conference

Bishop of Canarias → memberOf → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Concordat of 1953 → grantedPrivilegesTo → Spanish episcopate ⓘ

linked to: Spanish Episcopal Conference

National Catholicism in Spain → hasKeyInstitution → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna → belongsToConference → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Diocese of Cádiz y Ceuta → belongsTo → Conference of Spanish Bishops ⓘ

linked to: Spanish Episcopal Conference

Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna → memberOf → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Archdiocese of Oviedo → belongsTo → Episcopal Conference of Spain ⓘ

linked to: Spanish Episcopal Conference

Roman Catholic Diocese of Málaga → belongsToConference → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Apostolic Nuncio to Spain → associatedWith → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Roman Catholic Diocese of Plasencia → belongsToConference → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaca → belongsTo → Conference of Bishops of Spain ⓘ

linked to: Spanish Episcopal Conference

Bishop of Lugo → memberOf → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Bishop of Ourense → memberOf → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Archbishopric of Toledo → region → Episcopal Conference of Spain ⓘ

linked to: Spanish Episcopal Conference

Archdiocese of Barcelona → isPartOf → Episcopal Conference of Spain ⓘ

linked to: Spanish Episcopal Conference

Roman Catholic Diocese of León → belongsTo → Conference of Spanish Bishops ⓘ

linked to: Spanish Episcopal Conference

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cartagena → belongsTo → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Ecclesiastical province of Mérida–Badajoz → partOfEcclesiasticalRegion → Episcopal Conference of Spain ⓘ

linked to: Spanish Episcopal Conference

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida–Badajoz → isPartOf → Episcopal Conference of Spain ⓘ

linked to: Spanish Episcopal Conference

Archbishop of Tarragona → belongsTo → Episcopal Conference of Spain ⓘ

linked to: Spanish Episcopal Conference

Diocese of Plasencia → belongsToConference → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tarragona → belongsTo → Episcopal Conference of Spain ⓘ

linked to: Spanish Episcopal Conference

Roman Catholic Diocese of Lleida → isMemberOf → Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Archdiocese of Burgos → belongsTo → Episcopal Conference of Spain ⓘ

linked to: Spanish Episcopal Conference

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