Diocesan Bishop of West Texas
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The Diocesan Bishop of West Texas is the chief ecclesiastical and administrative leader of the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas within the Episcopal Church.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bishop of West Texas | 1 |
| Diocesan Bishop of West Texas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4740835 — 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: Diocesan Bishop of West Texas Context triple: [Episcopal Diocese of West Texas, hasBishop, Diocesan Bishop of West Texas]
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A.
Bishop of Dallas
The Bishop of Dallas is the chief ecclesiastical leader overseeing the Episcopal Church’s diocesan activities, clergy, and congregations in the Dallas region.
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B.
Bishop of the Rio Grande
The Bishop of the Rio Grande is the chief ecclesiastical leader of the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande, overseeing its congregations and clergy across the region.
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C.
Bishop of Oklahoma
The Bishop of Oklahoma is the chief ecclesiastical leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma, overseeing its congregations, clergy, and ministries within the Episcopal Church.
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D.
Bishop of Arizona
The Bishop of Arizona is the chief ecclesiastical leader of the Episcopal Church’s Diocese of Arizona, overseeing its congregations, clergy, and ministries within the state.
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E.
Bishop of Wyoming
The Bishop of Wyoming is the chief ecclesiastical leader of the Episcopal Church’s Diocese of Wyoming, overseeing its clergy, congregations, and ministries across the state.
- 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: Diocesan Bishop of West Texas Target entity description: The Diocesan Bishop of West Texas is the chief ecclesiastical and administrative leader of the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas within the Episcopal Church.
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A.
Bishop of Dallas
The Bishop of Dallas is the chief ecclesiastical leader overseeing the Episcopal Church’s diocesan activities, clergy, and congregations in the Dallas region.
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B.
Bishop of the Rio Grande
The Bishop of the Rio Grande is the chief ecclesiastical leader of the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande, overseeing its congregations and clergy across the region.
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C.
Bishop of Oklahoma
The Bishop of Oklahoma is the chief ecclesiastical leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma, overseeing its congregations, clergy, and ministries within the Episcopal Church.
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D.
Bishop of Arizona
The Bishop of Arizona is the chief ecclesiastical leader of the Episcopal Church’s Diocese of Arizona, overseeing its congregations, clergy, and ministries within the state.
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E.
Bishop of Wyoming
The Bishop of Wyoming is the chief ecclesiastical leader of the Episcopal Church’s Diocese of Wyoming, overseeing its clergy, congregations, and ministries across the state.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bishopric
ⓘ
diocesan bishop ⓘ ecclesiastical office ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Diocesan Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
Diocesan Convention of West Texas
|
| basedIn | San Antonio, Texas ⓘ |
| church |
Episcopal Church (United States)
ⓘ
linked to:
Episcopal Church
|
| churchProvince | Province VII of the Episcopal Church (United States) ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dioceseSeat | San Antonio, Texas ⓘ |
| electedBy |
Diocesan Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
Diocesan Convention of West Texas
|
| establishedFor | Episcopal Diocese of West Texas ⓘ |
| governs | Episcopal Diocese of West Texas ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver |
deployment of clergy within the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas
ⓘ
diocesan canons of the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas ⓘ licensing of clergy to officiate in the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas ⓘ |
| hasTitleStyle | The Right Reverend ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Episcopal Diocese of West Texas ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | corporation sole under Texas law (for certain temporal matters) ⓘ |
| memberOf |
House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church (United States)
ⓘ
linked to:
House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church
|
| officeHoldersInclude |
David M. Reed
ⓘ
Everett Holland Jones ⓘ Gary R. Lillibridge ⓘ James E. Folts ⓘ James Steptoe Johnston ⓘ John H. MacNaughton ⓘ Scott Bailey ⓘ William Theodotus Capers ⓘ |
| oversees | cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas ⓘ |
| participatesIn |
General Convention of the Episcopal Church (United States)
ⓘ
linked to:
General Convention of the Episcopal Church
House of Bishops meetings of the Episcopal Church (United States) ⓘ
linked to:
House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church
|
| partOf | Episcopal Diocese of West Texas ⓘ |
| regionServed |
South Texas
ⓘ
West Texas ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| religiousDenomination |
Episcopal Church (United States)
ⓘ
linked to:
Episcopal Church
|
| responsibility |
chief administrative leader of the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas
ⓘ
chief ecclesiastical leader of the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas ⓘ confirmation of church members ⓘ ordination of deacons and priests ⓘ oversight of clergy in the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas ⓘ oversight of parishes and missions in the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas ⓘ pastoral leadership for the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas ⓘ representation of the diocese in the wider Episcopal Church ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
General Convention of the Episcopal Church (United States)
ⓘ
linked to:
General Convention of the Episcopal Church
House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church (United States) ⓘ
linked to:
House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church
|
| termLength | serves until retirement or resignation according to canons of the Episcopal Church ⓘ |
| tradition | Anglican liturgical tradition ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Diocesan Bishop of West Texas Description of subject: The Diocesan Bishop of West Texas is the chief ecclesiastical and administrative leader of the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas within the Episcopal Church.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Diocesan Bishop of West Texas