Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana
E107783
The Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations in the western portion of the state of Louisiana.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana canonical | 3 |
| Diocesan Convention of Western Louisiana | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T601103 — 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: Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana Context triple: [Province VII, hasDiocese, Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana]
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A.
Diocese of Louisiana
The Diocese of Louisiana is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing Episcopal congregations and ministries within much of the state of Louisiana.
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B.
Diocese of Mississippi
The Diocese of Mississippi is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing Episcopal congregations and ministries throughout the state of Mississippi.
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C.
Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas
The Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations and ministries throughout the state of Arkansas.
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D.
Diocese of Central Gulf Coast
The Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations along the Gulf Coast regions of Alabama and Florida.
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E.
Episcopal Diocese of Texas
The Episcopal Diocese of Texas is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing numerous congregations and ministries across much of the state of Texas.
- 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: Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana Target entity description: The Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations in the western portion of the state of Louisiana.
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A.
Diocese of Louisiana
The Diocese of Louisiana is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing Episcopal congregations and ministries within much of the state of Louisiana.
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B.
Diocese of Mississippi
The Diocese of Mississippi is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing Episcopal congregations and ministries throughout the state of Mississippi.
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C.
Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas
The Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations and ministries throughout the state of Arkansas.
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D.
Diocese of Central Gulf Coast
The Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations along the Gulf Coast regions of Alabama and Florida.
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E.
Episcopal Diocese of Texas
The Episcopal Diocese of Texas is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing numerous congregations and ministries across much of the state of Texas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Episcopal diocese
ⓘ
diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America ⓘ |
| affiliation | Worldwide Anglican Communion through the Episcopal Church (United States) ⓘ |
| bishopTitle | Bishop of Western Louisiana ⓘ |
| cathedralCity |
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Shreveport, Louisiana
|
| churchProvince | Province VII of the Episcopal Church (United States) ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateEstablished | 1979 ⓘ |
| denomination |
Episcopal Church
ⓘ
surface form:
Episcopal Church (United States)
|
| episcopalSee |
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Shreveport, Louisiana
|
| established | 1979 ⓘ |
| followsPolity | Episcopal polity ⓘ |
| governedBy | bishop, standing committee, and diocesan convention ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Diocesan Convention of Western Louisiana
|
| governs | mission churches in western Louisiana ⓘ |
| hasBishop | Jacob W. Owensby ⓘ |
| hasCathedral | St. Mark’s Cathedral, Shreveport ⓘ |
| hasClergy |
deacons of the Episcopal Church in Western Louisiana
ⓘ
priests of the Episcopal Church in Western Louisiana ⓘ |
| hasCoatOfArms | coat of arms of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver | Episcopal parishes in western Louisiana ⓘ |
| hasLaity | lay members of the Episcopal Church in Western Louisiana ⓘ |
| hasMinistry |
Christian education in western Louisiana
ⓘ
outreach and mission in western Louisiana ⓘ pastoral care in western Louisiana ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasParishes | congregations in western Louisiana ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.epiwla.org/ ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Shreveport, Louisiana
|
| isPartOfCommunion | Anglican Communion ⓘ |
| jurisdictionType | ecclesiastical jurisdiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| liturgicalTradition | Anglican ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Louisiana ⓘ |
| partOf |
Episcopal Church
ⓘ
surface form:
Episcopal Church (United States)
|
| regionServed |
Western District of Louisiana
ⓘ
surface form:
western Louisiana
|
| religion | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| rite |
Anglicanism (broadly)
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surface form:
Anglican
|
| separatedFrom |
Diocese of Louisiana
ⓘ
surface form:
Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana
|
| territoryIncludes |
Alexandria, Louisiana
ⓘ
Lake Charles ⓘ
surface form:
Lake Charles, Louisiana
Monroe, Louisiana ⓘ Natchitoches, Louisiana ⓘ Ruston, Louisiana ⓘ Shreveport, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Shreveport, Louisiana
|
| usesBookOfCommonPrayer |
Book of Common Prayer
ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Common Prayer (1979)
|
| usesCalendar | liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church (United States) ⓘ |
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: Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana Description of subject: The Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations in the western portion of the state of Louisiana.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana
→
governingBody
→
Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Diocesan Convention of Western Louisiana
Province IV of the Episcopal Church (United States)
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hasDiocese
→
Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana
ⓘ
Province VII of the Episcopal Church (United States)
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hasDiocese
→
Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana
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