Province of Baltimore
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The Province of Baltimore is an ecclesiastical province of the Catholic Church in the United States, centered on the Archdiocese of Baltimore and encompassing several suffragan dioceses.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Province of Baltimore canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13306808 — 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: Province of Baltimore Context triple: [Bishop of Baltimore, belongsToEcclesiasticalProvince, Province of Baltimore]
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Province of Maryland
The Province of Maryland was an English and later British colonial territory in North America, established in the early 17th century along the Chesapeake Bay and serving as a significant center of tobacco cultivation and religious toleration.
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B.
Calvert County, Maryland
Calvert County, Maryland is a largely suburban and rural county in southern Maryland along the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay, known for its waterfront communities, fossil-rich cliffs, and role as a bedroom community within the greater Washington, D.C. region.
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C.
Kent County, Maryland
Kent County, Maryland is a rural county on Maryland’s Eastern Shore along the Chesapeake Bay, known for its historic waterfront towns and agricultural landscapes.
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Baltimore County
Baltimore County is a populous county in northern Maryland that surrounds but does not include the independent city of Baltimore and serves as a major suburban and economic hub of the Baltimore metropolitan area.
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E.
District of Maryland
The District of Maryland is a federal judicial district of the United States encompassing the state of Maryland for purposes of federal court proceedings and related legal matters.
- 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: Province of Baltimore Target entity description: The Province of Baltimore is an ecclesiastical province of the Catholic Church in the United States, centered on the Archdiocese of Baltimore and encompassing several suffragan dioceses.
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A.
Province of Maryland
The Province of Maryland was an English and later British colonial territory in North America, established in the early 17th century along the Chesapeake Bay and serving as a significant center of tobacco cultivation and religious toleration.
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B.
Calvert County, Maryland
Calvert County, Maryland is a largely suburban and rural county in southern Maryland along the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay, known for its waterfront communities, fossil-rich cliffs, and role as a bedroom community within the greater Washington, D.C. region.
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C.
Kent County, Maryland
Kent County, Maryland is a rural county on Maryland’s Eastern Shore along the Chesapeake Bay, known for its historic waterfront towns and agricultural landscapes.
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D.
Baltimore County
Baltimore County is a populous county in northern Maryland that surrounds but does not include the independent city of Baltimore and serves as a major suburban and economic hub of the Baltimore metropolitan area.
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E.
District of Maryland
The District of Maryland is a federal judicial district of the United States encompassing the state of Maryland for purposes of federal court proceedings and related legal matters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction
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ecclesiastical province ⓘ |
| associatedWithSee |
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
NERFINISHED
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Cathedral of Mary Our Queen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralSeeLocatedIn | Baltimore, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinates |
inter-diocesan initiatives
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regional episcopal collaboration ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| denomination | Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | metropolitan archbishop ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalBasis | Code of Canon Law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
coordination of pastoral activity among suffragan dioceses
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limited supervisory role of metropolitan over suffragan dioceses ⓘ |
| hasPastoralFocus |
education
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evangelization ⓘ social services ⓘ |
| hasPastoralStructure | provincial council (as needed) ⓘ |
| hasSuffraganDiocese |
Diocese of Altoona–Johnstown
NERFINISHED
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Diocese of Arlington NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Erie NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Greensburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Harrisburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Pittsburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Richmond NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Scranton NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Wheeling–Charleston NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Wilmington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfJurisdiction | metropolitan province ⓘ |
| historicalPrecedence | one of the oldest ecclesiastical provinces in the United States ⓘ |
| includesTerritory |
Commonwealth of Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
District of Columbia (in part, via diocesan boundaries) NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Delaware NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ State of West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy |
English
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Latin ⓘ |
| metropolitanArchbishopTitle | Archbishop of Baltimore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metropolitanSee | Archdiocese of Baltimore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Catholic Church in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Mid-Atlantic states
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surface form:
Mid-Atlantic United States
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| rite | Roman Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectTo | Holy See ⓘ |
| suiIurisChurch | Latin Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Province of Baltimore Description of subject: The Province of Baltimore is an ecclesiastical province of the Catholic Church in the United States, centered on the Archdiocese of Baltimore and encompassing several suffragan dioceses.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.