Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico

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Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction Roman Catholic archdiocese

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico is the principal ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Puerto Rico, centered in the capital city of San Juan and led by an archbishop.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico	9
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico canonical	7

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T204852 — 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 Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico
Context triple: [San Juan Cathedral, diocese, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico]

A. Diocese of Puerto Rico
The Diocese of Puerto Rico is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church that oversees Anglican congregations and ministries throughout Puerto Rico.
B. Diocese of the Dominican Republic
The Diocese of the Dominican Republic is an overseas diocese of the U.S.-based Episcopal Church serving Anglican/Episcopal congregations throughout the Dominican Republic.
C. Archdiocese of New York
The Archdiocese of New York is a major Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the United States, centered in New York City and led by an archbishop who oversees numerous parishes, institutions, and charitable works.
D. Diocese of the Virgin Islands
The Diocese of the Virgin Islands is a jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church that oversees Anglican congregations and ministries across the U.S. and British Virgin Islands.
E. Diocese of Colombia
The Diocese of Colombia is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church serving Anglican congregations and ministries throughout Colombia.
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 Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico
Target entity description: The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico is the principal ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Puerto Rico, centered in the capital city of San Juan and led by an archbishop.

A. Diocese of Puerto Rico
The Diocese of Puerto Rico is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church that oversees Anglican congregations and ministries throughout Puerto Rico.
B. Diocese of the Dominican Republic
The Diocese of the Dominican Republic is an overseas diocese of the U.S.-based Episcopal Church serving Anglican/Episcopal congregations throughout the Dominican Republic.
C. Archdiocese of New York
The Archdiocese of New York is a major Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the United States, centered in New York City and led by an archbishop who oversees numerous parishes, institutions, and charitable works.
D. Diocese of the Virgin Islands
The Diocese of the Virgin Islands is a jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church that oversees Anglican congregations and ministries across the U.S. and British Virgin Islands.
E. Diocese of Colombia
The Diocese of Colombia is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church serving Anglican congregations and ministries throughout Colombia.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction ⓘ Roman Catholic archdiocese ⓘ
affiliation	Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences (CELAM) ⓘ
belongsTo	Catholic Church in Puerto Rico ⓘ
cathedralCity	San Juan ⓘ surface form: San Juan, Puerto Rico
cathedralDedication	John the Baptist ⓘ surface form: Saint John the Baptist
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Puerto Rico ⓘ
currentArchbishop	Roberto Octavio González Nieves ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
elevatedToArchdiocese	1924 ⓘ
establishedAsDiocese	1511 ⓘ
governedBy	archbishop ⓘ
hasBasilicaMinor	San Juan Cathedral ⓘ surface form: Catedral Metropolitana Basílica de San Juan Bautista
hasCathedral	San Juan Cathedral ⓘ surface form: Catedral Metropolitana Basílica de San Juan Bautista
hasClergyType	religious clergy ⓘ secular clergy ⓘ
hasEcclesiasticalProvince	San Juan ⓘ surface form: San Juan de Puerto Rico
hasHistoricalPrecedence	one of the oldest dioceses in the Americas ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Roman Catholic parishes in San Juan metropolitan area ⓘ
hasPatronSaint	John the Baptist ⓘ
hasSee	San Juan ⓘ surface form: San Juan de Puerto Rico
isMetropolitanSeeOf	Roman Catholic Diocese of Arecibo ⓘ Roman Catholic Diocese of Caguas ⓘ Roman Catholic Diocese of Fajardo–Humacao ⓘ Roman Catholic Diocese of Mayagüez ⓘ Roman Catholic Diocese of Ponce ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy	Latin ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
liturgicalTradition	Latin liturgical tradition ⓘ
locatedIn	San Juan ⓘ surface form: San Juan, Puerto Rico
locatedInCivilJurisdiction	Puerto Rico ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
metropolitanSeeOf	Ecclesiastical province of San Juan de Puerto Rico ⓘ
originalName	Diocese of Puerto Rico ⓘ
partOf	Episcopal Conference of Puerto Rico ⓘ
province	Ecclesiastical province of San Juan de Puerto Rico ⓘ
region	Caribbean ⓘ
rite	Latin Rite ⓘ surface form: Roman Rite
seeAlso	Catholic Church in Puerto Rico ⓘ Roman Catholicism in the Caribbean ⓘ
subjectTo	Holy See ⓘ
suiIurisChurch	Latin Rite ⓘ surface form: Latin Church
territory	northern and eastern Puerto Rico ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction	metropolitan archdiocese ⓘ
usesCalendar	Gregorian calendar ⓘ
website	https://www.arqsj.org ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

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

San Juan Cathedral → diocese → Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico ⓘ

Roman Catholic Diocese of Caguas → metropolitanSee → Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico ⓘ

Catholic Church in Puerto Rico → metropolitanSee → Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico ⓘ