Bishop of St. John’s, Newfoundland

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Roman Catholic bishopric diocesan bishop ecclesiastical office

The Bishop of St. John’s, Newfoundland is the Roman Catholic prelate who leads the Diocese of St. John’s, overseeing its clergy, parishes, and pastoral activities on the island of Newfoundland, Canada.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Bishop of St. John’s, Newfoundland canonical	1
Roman Catholic Bishop of St. John’s	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10175429 — 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 St. John’s, Newfoundland
Context triple: [Thomas Joseph Power, positionHeld, Bishop of St. John’s, Newfoundland]

A. Bishop of Antigonish
The Bishop of Antigonish is the Roman Catholic prelate who leads the Diocese of Antigonish in Nova Scotia, Canada.
B. Bishop of Bermuda
The Bishop of Bermuda is the Anglican diocesan leader responsible for overseeing the Church of England’s ministry and congregations across the islands of Bermuda.
C. Bishop of Gaspé
The Bishop of Gaspé is the Roman Catholic prelate who leads and oversees the Diocese of Gaspé in Quebec, Canada.
D. Bishop of Bathurst
The Bishop of Bathurst is the chief Anglican ecclesiastical leader overseeing the Diocese of Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia.
E. Bishop of Edmundston
The Bishop of Edmundston is the Catholic prelate who leads and oversees the spiritual, pastoral, and administrative life of the Diocese of Edmundston in New Brunswick, Canada.
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 St. John’s, Newfoundland
Target entity description: The Bishop of St. John’s, Newfoundland is the Roman Catholic prelate who leads the Diocese of St. John’s, overseeing its clergy, parishes, and pastoral activities on the island of Newfoundland, Canada.

A. Bishop of Antigonish
The Bishop of Antigonish is the Roman Catholic prelate who leads the Diocese of Antigonish in Nova Scotia, Canada.
B. Bishop of Bermuda
The Bishop of Bermuda is the Anglican diocesan leader responsible for overseeing the Church of England’s ministry and congregations across the islands of Bermuda.
C. Bishop of Gaspé
The Bishop of Gaspé is the Roman Catholic prelate who leads and oversees the Diocese of Gaspé in Quebec, Canada.
D. Bishop of Bathurst
The Bishop of Bathurst is the chief Anglican ecclesiastical leader overseeing the Diocese of Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia.
E. Bishop of Edmundston
The Bishop of Edmundston is the Catholic prelate who leads and oversees the spiritual, pastoral, and administrative life of the Diocese of Edmundston in New Brunswick, Canada.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman Catholic bishopric ⓘ diocesan bishop ⓘ ecclesiastical office ⓘ
appointedBy	Pope ⓘ
canConvocate	diocesan synod ⓘ
canIssue	diocesan pastoral letters ⓘ
canPromulgate	particular law for the diocese ⓘ
churchSuiIuris	Latin Church ⓘ linked to: Latin Church worldwide
country	Canada ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholic ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
follows	Code of Canon Law of the Latin Church ⓘ linked to: Code of Canon Law (1983)
hasAuthorityOver	diocesan clergy assignments ⓘ erection and suppression of parishes in the diocese ⓘ
hasCathedral	Basilica-Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, St. John’s ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Roman Catholic Diocese of St. John’s, Newfoundland ⓘ
hasPastoralCareFor	Catholic faithful of the Diocese of St. John’s ⓘ
hasPastoralPriority	care for the poor and marginalized in the Diocese of St. John’s ⓘ evangelization in the Diocese of St. John’s ⓘ
hasResponsibilityFor	Catholic education within the diocese ⓘ diocesan pastoral planning ⓘ vocations to priesthood and religious life in the diocese ⓘ
hasRole	chief administrator of the Diocese of St. John’s ⓘ chief liturgist of the Diocese of St. John’s ⓘ chief shepherd of the Diocese of St. John’s ⓘ chief teacher of the Diocese of St. John’s ⓘ
hasSee	St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ linked to: St. John’s
hasTitle	Most Reverend ⓘ
isSubjectTo	metropolitan archbishop of the relevant ecclesiastical province in Canada ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy	English ⓘ Latin ⓘ
locatedIn	island of Newfoundland ⓘ
mayBeAssistedBy	auxiliary bishops ⓘ chancellor of the diocese ⓘ vicar general ⓘ
memberOf	Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops ⓘ
oversees	clergy of the Diocese of St. John’s ⓘ parishes of the Diocese of St. John’s ⓘ pastoral activities in the Diocese of St. John’s ⓘ
partOf	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
region	Atlantic Canada ⓘ
responsibleFor	administration of sacraments in the Diocese of St. John’s ⓘ governance of the Diocese of St. John’s ⓘ teaching of Catholic doctrine in the Diocese of St. John’s ⓘ
rite	Roman Rite ⓘ
subjectTo	canon law of the Catholic Church ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction	diocese ⓘ

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

Thomas Joseph Power → positionHeld → Bishop of St. John’s, Newfoundland ⓘ

Roman Catholic Diocese of St. John’s, Newfoundland → hasBishop → Roman Catholic Bishop of St. John’s ⓘ

linked to: Bishop of St. John’s, Newfoundland

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