Diocese of Essen
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The Diocese of Essen is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in western Germany, centered in the Ruhr region and responsible for overseeing local parishes, clergy, and pastoral activities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Diocese of Essen canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6552165 — 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: Diocese of Essen Context triple: [Catholic Church in Germany, hasMember, Diocese of Essen]
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A.
Diocese of Münster
The Diocese of Münster is a historic Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in western Germany centered on the city of Münster, known for its significant religious and cultural influence since the Middle Ages.
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B.
Diocese of Bamberg
The Diocese of Bamberg is a historic Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northern Bavaria, Germany, centered on the city of Bamberg and known for its rich religious and architectural heritage.
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C.
Diocese of Augsburg
The Diocese of Augsburg is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Bavaria, Germany, centered in the city of Augsburg and known for its historic churches, monasteries, and long-standing religious heritage.
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D.
Diocese of Würzburg
The Diocese of Würzburg is a historic Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northern Bavaria, Germany, centered on the city of Würzburg and overseen by a diocesan bishop.
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E.
Diocese of Schwerin
The Diocese of Schwerin was a historical Roman Catholic bishopric in northern Germany centered on the city of Schwerin.
- 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: Diocese of Essen Target entity description: The Diocese of Essen is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in western Germany, centered in the Ruhr region and responsible for overseeing local parishes, clergy, and pastoral activities.
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A.
Diocese of Münster
The Diocese of Münster is a historic Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in western Germany centered on the city of Münster, known for its significant religious and cultural influence since the Middle Ages.
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B.
Diocese of Bamberg
The Diocese of Bamberg is a historic Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northern Bavaria, Germany, centered on the city of Bamberg and known for its rich religious and architectural heritage.
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C.
Diocese of Augsburg
The Diocese of Augsburg is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Bavaria, Germany, centered in the city of Augsburg and known for its historic churches, monasteries, and long-standing religious heritage.
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D.
Diocese of Würzburg
The Diocese of Würzburg is a historic Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northern Bavaria, Germany, centered on the city of Würzburg and overseen by a diocesan bishop.
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E.
Diocese of Schwerin
The Diocese of Schwerin was a historical Roman Catholic bishopric in northern Germany centered on the city of Schwerin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction
ⓘ
Roman Catholic diocese ⓘ |
| belongsTo | German Bishops' Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Archdiocese of Cologne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Diocese of Münster NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Paderborn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cathedral | Essen Minster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cathedralCity | Essen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coatsOfArms | coat of arms of the Diocese of Essen ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| episcopalSee | Essen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| established | 1957 ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Pope Pius XII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Bishop of Essen ⓘ |
| hasCathedralStatusSince | 1958 ⓘ |
| hasClergyType |
deacons
ⓘ
diocesan priests ⓘ religious priests ⓘ |
| hasCuria | Diocesan curia of Essen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEcclesiasticalJurisdictionOver | Roman Catholics in its territory ⓘ |
| hasOfficialNameInGerman | Bistum Essen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPastoralFocus | industrial and urban pastoral care ⓘ |
| hasPatronSaint |
Blessed Virgin Mary
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saint Ludger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasType | urban diocese ⓘ |
| isSubjectTo | Holy See NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North Rhine-Westphalia
ⓘ
Ruhr region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| metropolitanSee | Archdiocese of Cologne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Ecclesiastical province of Cologne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Ruhr industrial area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western Germany ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
Catholic education and catechesis
ⓘ
clergy oversight ⓘ parishes in the Ruhr region ⓘ pastoral care ⓘ |
| rite | Roman Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| suiIurisChurch | Latin Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territoryTakenFrom |
Archdiocese of Cologne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Diocese of Münster NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Paderborn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesLanguageInLiturgy |
German
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| usesLiturgicalCalendar | Roman Catholic liturgical calendar ⓘ |
| website | https://www.bistum-essen.de ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Diocese of Essen Description of subject: The Diocese of Essen is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in western Germany, centered in the Ruhr region and responsible for overseeing local parishes, clergy, and pastoral activities.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.