Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide

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Catholic missionary organization congregation of the Roman Curia dicastery of the Roman Curia

The Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide was a major department of the Roman Curia responsible for directing and coordinating Catholic missionary activity worldwide.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith	5
Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples	3
Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide	3
Sacra Congregazione de Propaganda Fide	2
Collegio di Propaganda Fide	1
Congregatio pro Gentium Evangelizatione	1
Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide canonical	1
Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T483403 — 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: Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide
Context triple: [Dicastery for the Evangelization, hasPredecessor, Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide]

A. Dicastery for the Oriental Churches
The Dicastery for the Oriental Churches is a department of the Holy See responsible for overseeing and supporting the Eastern Catholic Churches in communion with Rome.
B. Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith is the Vatican department responsible for promoting and safeguarding Catholic doctrine and morals within the global Church.
C. Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments is a department of the Roman Curia responsible for overseeing the liturgy and regulation of the sacraments in the Catholic Church.
D. Dicastery for Bishops
The Dicastery for Bishops is a department of the Holy See responsible for overseeing the selection, appointment, and governance of Catholic bishops worldwide.
E. Dicastery for the Clergy
The Dicastery for the Clergy is a department of the Holy See responsible for overseeing Catholic priests, deacons, and seminaries worldwide.
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: Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide
Target entity description: The Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide was a major department of the Roman Curia responsible for directing and coordinating Catholic missionary activity worldwide.

A. Dicastery for the Oriental Churches
The Dicastery for the Oriental Churches is a department of the Holy See responsible for overseeing and supporting the Eastern Catholic Churches in communion with Rome.
B. Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith is the Vatican department responsible for promoting and safeguarding Catholic doctrine and morals within the global Church.
C. Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments is a department of the Roman Curia responsible for overseeing the liturgy and regulation of the sacraments in the Catholic Church.
D. Dicastery for Bishops
The Dicastery for Bishops is a department of the Holy See responsible for overseeing the selection, appointment, and governance of Catholic bishops worldwide.
E. Dicastery for the Clergy
The Dicastery for the Clergy is a department of the Holy See responsible for overseeing Catholic priests, deacons, and seminaries worldwide.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic missionary organization ⓘ congregation of the Roman Curia ⓘ dicastery of the Roman Curia ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide ⓘ surface form: Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith Propaganda Fide ⓘ Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide ⓘ surface form: Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith
approvedBy	Pope Gregory XV ⓘ
architectOfHeadquarters	Francesco Borromini ⓘ Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ
archivesContain	records of Catholic missions worldwide ⓘ
archivesLocation	Vatican City ⓘ
confirmedBy	Pope Urban VIII ⓘ
country	Papal States ⓘ Vatican City ⓘ
dateFounded	1622-01-06 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Catholic missiology ⓘ evangelization ⓘ missionary work ⓘ
foundedBy	Pope Gregory XV ⓘ
hasItalianName	Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sacra Congregazione de Propaganda Fide
hasLatinName	Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide
hasTypeOfHead	cardinal prefect ⓘ secretary ⓘ substitute or undersecretary ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Palazzo di Propaganda Fide ⓘ Rome ⓘ
influenced	development of local Catholic hierarchies in mission territories ⓘ formation of indigenous clergy ⓘ global Catholic missionary strategy ⓘ
jurisdictionOver	Catholic missions in territories without established hierarchy ⓘ missionary congregations and institutes ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Lazio ⓘ Rome’s Piazza di Spagna area ⓘ
motto	Society for the Propagation of the Faith ⓘ surface form: Propaganda Fide (for the propagation of the faith)
namedAfter	propagation of the faith ⓘ
partOf	Roman Curia ⓘ
primaryRole	coordination of Catholic missions in non-Catholic countries ⓘ direction of Catholic missionary activity worldwide ⓘ oversight of evangelization of peoples ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
reorganizedAs	Dicastery for the Evangelization ⓘ surface form: Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
subordinateTo	Pope ⓘ Pope ⓘ surface form: Supreme Pontiff
successorOrganization	Dicastery for the Evangelization ⓘ surface form: Dicastery for Evangelization
supervised	appointment of vicars apostolic ⓘ approval of missionary strategies and policies ⓘ distribution of missionary funds ⓘ erection of apostolic vicariates and prefectures ⓘ
timePeriod	contemporary period (until its reorganization) ⓘ early modern period ⓘ modern period ⓘ
usedLanguage	Italian ⓘ Latin ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

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

Dicastery for the Evangelization → hasPredecessor → Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide ⓘ

Apostolic Vicariate → subjectTo → Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide ⓘ

this entity surface form: Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

Francesco Borromini → notableWork → Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide ⓘ

this entity surface form: Collegio di Propaganda Fide

Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide → hasLatinName → Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide

Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide → hasItalianName → Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sacra Congregazione de Propaganda Fide

Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide → alsoKnownAs → Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide ⓘ