Diocese of Newark
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The Diocese of Newark is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in New Jersey that oversees parishes, clergy, and religious activities within its jurisdiction.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Diocese of Newark canonical | 2 |
| Archdiocese of Newark | 1 |
| Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3259184 — 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: Diocese of Newark Context triple: [Michael Augustine Corrigan, affiliation, Diocese of Newark]
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A.
Episcopal Diocese of Newark
The Episcopal Diocese of Newark is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in northern New Jersey, encompassing congregations primarily in the Newark metropolitan area.
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B.
Diocese of Brooklyn
The Diocese of Brooklyn is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in New York City that serves the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens.
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C.
Diocese of Rockville Centre
The Diocese of Rockville Centre is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction on Long Island, New York, serving a large Catholic population in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
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D.
Diocese of Ogdensburg
The Diocese of Ogdensburg is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northern New York State, serving the faithful across a largely rural region along the Canadian border.
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E.
Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey
The Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations primarily in central and southern New Jersey.
- 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: Diocese of Newark Target entity description: The Diocese of Newark is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in New Jersey that oversees parishes, clergy, and religious activities within its jurisdiction.
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A.
Episcopal Diocese of Newark
The Episcopal Diocese of Newark is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in northern New Jersey, encompassing congregations primarily in the Newark metropolitan area.
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B.
Diocese of Brooklyn
The Diocese of Brooklyn is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in New York City that serves the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens.
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C.
Diocese of Rockville Centre
The Diocese of Rockville Centre is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction on Long Island, New York, serving a large Catholic population in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
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D.
Diocese of Ogdensburg
The Diocese of Ogdensburg is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northern New York State, serving the faithful across a largely rural region along the Canadian border.
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E.
Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey
The Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations primarily in central and southern New Jersey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic diocese
ⓘ
ecclesiastical territory ⓘ |
| belongsTo | worldwide Catholic Church ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| follows |
Code of Canon Law (1983)
ⓘ
surface form:
Canon law of the Latin Church
|
| governedBy | bishop ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
charitable works
ⓘ
evangelization ⓘ liturgical celebrations ⓘ sacramental ministry ⓘ vocations promotion ⓘ |
| hasClergyType |
bishops
ⓘ
deacons ⓘ diocesan priests ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
administration of sacraments
ⓘ
oversight of Catholic institutions ⓘ pastoral care ⓘ religious education ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver | Catholic faithful in its territory ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | canonical jurisdiction ⓘ |
| hasMission |
proclamation of the Gospel
ⓘ
sanctification of the faithful ⓘ service to the community ⓘ |
| hasOrganizationType |
Catholic schools
ⓘ
missions ⓘ parishes ⓘ religious education programs ⓘ |
| hasScope | territorial jurisdiction ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfJurisdiction | diocese ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Catholic Church in the United States ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New Jersey, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
New Jersey
northern New Jersey ⓘ |
| metropolitanSee | Archdiocese of Newark ⓘ |
| oversees |
clergy
ⓘ
parishes ⓘ religious activities ⓘ |
| partOfEcclesiasticalProvince | Ecclesiastical Province of Newark ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
Christianity ⓘ |
| rite | Roman Rite ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Holy See
ⓘ
Pope ⓘ |
| suiIurisChurch |
Latin Church worldwide
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Church
|
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: Diocese of Newark Description of subject: The Diocese of Newark is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in New Jersey that oversees parishes, clergy, and religious activities within its jurisdiction.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Archdiocese of Newark
this entity surface form:
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark