Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh
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The Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh is a principal Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in eastern Scotland, centered on the capital city of Edinburgh and led by an archbishop.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Archdiocese of St Andrews | 1 |
| Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10078876 — 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: Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh Context triple: [Diocese of St Andrews, successorEcclesialStructure, Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh]
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Archdiocese of Glasgow
The Archdiocese of Glasgow is a major Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in western Scotland, centered in the city of Glasgow and led by an archbishop who oversees several suffragan dioceses.
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Diocese of St Andrews
The Diocese of St Andrews was a major medieval Scottish ecclesiastical jurisdiction centered on St Andrews, historically the most important bishopric in Scotland and a key religious and political power.
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C.
Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
The Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane is a Scottish Episcopal Church diocese in central and eastern Scotland, encompassing historic ecclesiastical territories around St Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane with its cathedral in Perth.
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D.
Diocese of Brechin
The Diocese of Brechin is a historic Scottish Episcopal diocese centered in the east of Scotland, with its modern cathedral now located in Dundee.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Glasgow
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Glasgow was a historic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Scotland that oversaw the Catholic Church’s religious and administrative affairs in and around the city of Glasgow before the Reformation.
- 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: Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh Target entity description: The Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh is a principal Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in eastern Scotland, centered on the capital city of Edinburgh and led by an archbishop.
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A.
Archdiocese of Glasgow
The Archdiocese of Glasgow is a major Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in western Scotland, centered in the city of Glasgow and led by an archbishop who oversees several suffragan dioceses.
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B.
Diocese of St Andrews
The Diocese of St Andrews was a major medieval Scottish ecclesiastical jurisdiction centered on St Andrews, historically the most important bishopric in Scotland and a key religious and political power.
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C.
Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
The Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane is a Scottish Episcopal Church diocese in central and eastern Scotland, encompassing historic ecclesiastical territories around St Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane with its cathedral in Perth.
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D.
Diocese of Brechin
The Diocese of Brechin is a historic Scottish Episcopal diocese centered in the east of Scotland, with its modern cathedral now located in Dundee.
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E.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Glasgow
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Glasgow was a historic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Scotland that oversaw the Catholic Church’s religious and administrative affairs in and around the city of Glasgow before the Reformation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic archdiocese
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ecclesiastical territory ⓘ |
| cathedral | St Mary’s Metropolitan Cathedral, Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cathedralCity | Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| createdBy | Pope Pius IX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentOrdinary | Leo Cushley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination | Roman Catholic ⓘ |
| ecclesiasticalProvince | Province of St Andrews and Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevatedToArchdiocese | 1878 ⓘ |
| elevatedToDiocese | 1878 ⓘ |
| establishedAsVicariateApostolic | 1653 ⓘ |
| hasClericalStructure |
deaneries
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parishes ⓘ |
| hasCoatOfArms | Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh ⓘ |
| hasPastoralResponsibilityFor | Roman Catholics in eastern Scotland within its boundaries ⓘ |
| hasType | metropolitan see ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://archedinburgh.org/ ⓘ |
| headquarters | Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPredecessor | Archdiocese of St Andrews (pre-Reformation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy |
English
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Edinburgh city centre (curia and cathedral) ⓘ |
| metropolitanSeeOf |
Diocese of Aberdeen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Diocese of Argyll and the Isles NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Dunkeld NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Galloway NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Motherwell NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Paisley NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane (historical predecessor in part) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeHolderTitle | Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | eastern Scotland ⓘ |
| rite | Roman Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| suiIurisChurch | Latin Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territoryIncludes |
Borders area of Scotland
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City of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ East Lothian NERFINISHED ⓘ Fife NERFINISHED ⓘ Midlothian NERFINISHED ⓘ West Lothian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| underJurisdictionOf | Holy See NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesCalendar |
Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
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surface form:
Gregorian calendar
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh Description of subject: The Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh is a principal Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in eastern Scotland, centered on the capital city of Edinburgh and led by an archbishop.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Archdiocese of St Andrews