Roman Catholic Diocese of St. John’s, Newfoundland
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of St. John’s, Newfoundland is a historic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in eastern Canada that serves as the primary Catholic see for the island of Newfoundland.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Archdiocese of St. John’s | 1 |
| Archdiocese of St. John’s, Newfoundland | 1 |
| Roman Catholic Diocese of St. John’s, Newfoundland canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10175430 — 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: Roman Catholic Diocese of St. John’s, Newfoundland Context triple: [Thomas Joseph Power, diocese, Roman Catholic Diocese of St. John’s, Newfoundland]
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Diocese of Halifax
The Diocese of Halifax was a former Church of England diocese in West Yorkshire, centered on the town of Halifax and subordinate to the ecclesiastical Province of York.
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B.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Edmundston
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Edmundston is an ecclesiastical territory in New Brunswick, Canada, serving the pastoral and administrative needs of local Catholics under the jurisdiction of the Latin Church.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaspé
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaspé is an ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church serving the Gaspé region of Quebec, Canada, under the pastoral care of a diocesan bishop.
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D.
Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Québec
The Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Québec is a former name of the Roman Catholic diocese now known as the Diocese of Saint-Jean–Longueuil in Quebec, Canada.
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E.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Baie-Comeau
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baie-Comeau is an ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church serving the faithful in and around the Baie-Comeau region of Quebec, 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: Roman Catholic Diocese of St. John’s, Newfoundland Target entity description: The Roman Catholic Diocese of St. John’s, Newfoundland is a historic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in eastern Canada that serves as the primary Catholic see for the island of Newfoundland.
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A.
Diocese of Halifax
The Diocese of Halifax was a former Church of England diocese in West Yorkshire, centered on the town of Halifax and subordinate to the ecclesiastical Province of York.
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B.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Edmundston
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Edmundston is an ecclesiastical territory in New Brunswick, Canada, serving the pastoral and administrative needs of local Catholics under the jurisdiction of the Latin Church.
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C.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaspé
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaspé is an ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church serving the Gaspé region of Quebec, Canada, under the pastoral care of a diocesan bishop.
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Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Québec
The Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Québec is a former name of the Roman Catholic diocese now known as the Diocese of Saint-Jean–Longueuil in Quebec, Canada.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Baie-Comeau
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baie-Comeau is an ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church serving the faithful in and around the Baie-Comeau region of Quebec, Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction
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Roman Catholic diocese ⓘ |
| belongsToConference | Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| cathedralCity | St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| denomination | Roman Catholic ⓘ |
| elevatedToDiocese | 19th century ⓘ |
| establishedAsVicariateApostolic | 18th century ⓘ |
| governedBy | diocesan bishop ⓘ |
| hasBishop | Roman Catholic Bishop of St. John’s NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCathedral | Basilica-Cathedral of St. John the Baptist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClergyType |
religious clergy
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secular clergy ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
Catholic education oversight
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administration of sacraments ⓘ evangelization ⓘ pastoral care ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalStatus | historic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in eastern Canada ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver | parishes in eastern Newfoundland ⓘ |
| hasMetropolitan | Archbishop of St. John’s NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPastoralActivities |
catechesis
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charitable outreach ⓘ parish missions ⓘ |
| hasPastoralResponsibilityFor | Roman Catholics in eastern Newfoundland ⓘ |
| hasSeeCity | St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicSignificance | one of the oldest Catholic jurisdictions in Canada’s Atlantic region ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Newfoundland and Labrador
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island of Newfoundland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metropolitanSeeOf | Ecclesiastical Province of St. John’s NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primarySeeFor | island of Newfoundland GENERATED ⓘ |
| province | Ecclesiastical Province of St. John’s NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Atlantic Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rite | Roman Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| suiIurisChurch | Latin Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territoryIncludes |
city of St. John’s
NERFINISHED
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surrounding regions of eastern Newfoundland ⓘ |
| underAuthorityOf |
Holy See
NERFINISHED
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Pope 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
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: Roman Catholic Diocese of St. John’s, Newfoundland Description of subject: The Roman Catholic Diocese of St. John’s, Newfoundland is a historic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in eastern Canada that serves as the primary Catholic see for the island of Newfoundland.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Archdiocese of St. John’s, Newfoundland
Catholic Church in Canada
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hasMajorArchdiocese
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Roman Catholic Diocese of St. John’s, Newfoundland
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this entity surface form:
Archdiocese of St. John’s