Bishop of Dunkeld
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The Bishop of Dunkeld was a senior ecclesiastical office in the medieval and early modern Scottish church, overseeing the Diocese of Dunkeld in central Scotland.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Dunkeld canonical | 5 |
| Bishops of Dunkeld | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6795737 — 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: Bishop of Dunkeld Context triple: [Robert Crichton, Bishop of Dunkeld, positionHeld, Bishop of Dunkeld]
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A.
Bishop of Brechin
The Bishop of Brechin was the ecclesiastical head of the medieval Scottish diocese of Brechin within the Scottish church.
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B.
Bishop of St Andrews
The Bishop of St Andrews was the senior ecclesiastical leader of medieval Scotland, heading the most important diocese and later archdiocese in the Scottish church.
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C.
Bishop of Aberdeen
The Bishop of Aberdeen was a senior ecclesiastical office in the medieval and early modern Scottish church, overseeing the Diocese of Aberdeen and wielding significant religious and political influence in the region.
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D.
Bishop of Motherwell
The Bishop of Motherwell is the Roman Catholic prelate who leads and oversees the Diocese of Motherwell in Scotland.
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E.
Bishop of Connor
The Bishop of Connor is the senior Anglican cleric who leads and oversees the Church of Ireland’s Diocese of Connor in Northern Ireland.
- 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: Bishop of Dunkeld Target entity description: The Bishop of Dunkeld was a senior ecclesiastical office in the medieval and early modern Scottish church, overseeing the Diocese of Dunkeld in central Scotland.
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A.
Bishop of Brechin
The Bishop of Brechin was the ecclesiastical head of the medieval Scottish diocese of Brechin within the Scottish church.
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B.
Bishop of St Andrews
The Bishop of St Andrews was the senior ecclesiastical leader of medieval Scotland, heading the most important diocese and later archdiocese in the Scottish church.
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C.
Bishop of Aberdeen
The Bishop of Aberdeen was a senior ecclesiastical office in the medieval and early modern Scottish church, overseeing the Diocese of Aberdeen and wielding significant religious and political influence in the region.
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D.
Bishop of Motherwell
The Bishop of Motherwell is the Roman Catholic prelate who leads and oversees the Diocese of Motherwell in Scotland.
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E.
Bishop of Connor
The Bishop of Connor is the senior Anglican cleric who leads and oversees the Church of Ireland’s Diocese of Connor in Northern Ireland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic episcopal see
ⓘ
Scottish bishopric ⓘ episcopal office ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Diocese of Dunkeld ⓘ |
| church |
Church in Scotland before the Reformation
ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| dissolvedOrTransformedIn | Scottish Reformation ⓘ |
| dissolvedOrTransformedInYear | 1560 ⓘ |
| ecclesiasticalRank | bishop ⓘ |
| followedBy | post-Reformation Protestant bishopric of Dunkeld ⓘ |
| hasSuccessorOffice |
Roman Catholic Diocese of Dunkeld (restored 19th century)
ⓘ
linked to:
Diocese of Dunkeld
|
| hasTitle | Bishop of Dunkeld ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Middle Ages
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early modern period ⓘ |
| jurisdictionType | diocese ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialActs |
Latin
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dunkeld
ⓘ
central Scotland ⓘ |
| oversaw |
clergy of the Diocese of Dunkeld
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parishes within the Diocese of Dunkeld ⓘ |
| partOf |
early modern Scottish church
ⓘ
medieval Scottish church ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
administration of ecclesiastical law in the Diocese of Dunkeld
ⓘ
spiritual governance in the Diocese of Dunkeld ⓘ |
| seat | Dunkeld Cathedral ⓘ |
| seeAlso |
Diocese of Dunkeld
ⓘ
Dunkeld Cathedral ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Archbishop of St Andrews
ⓘ
linked to:
Bishop of St Andrews
|
| usedInsignia |
episcopal crozier
ⓘ
episcopal mitre ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bishop of Dunkeld Description of subject: The Bishop of Dunkeld was a senior ecclesiastical office in the medieval and early modern Scottish church, overseeing the Diocese of Dunkeld in central Scotland.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.