Bishop of Spokane
E381016
The Bishop of Spokane is the chief Roman Catholic ecclesiastical leader responsible for overseeing the spiritual, administrative, and pastoral affairs of the Diocese of Spokane in Washington State.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Spokane canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3699900 — 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: Bishop of Spokane Context triple: [Diocese of Spokane, hasBishopTitle, Bishop of Spokane]
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A.
Bishop of Washington
The Bishop of Washington is the chief ecclesiastical leader of the Episcopal Diocese centered in Washington, D.C., overseeing its congregations, clergy, and ministries.
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B.
Bishop of Alaska
The Bishop of Alaska is the chief ecclesiastical leader overseeing the Episcopal Church’s ministry, clergy, and congregations throughout the state of Alaska.
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C.
Bishop of Wyoming
The Bishop of Wyoming is the chief ecclesiastical leader of the Episcopal Church’s Diocese of Wyoming, overseeing its clergy, congregations, and ministries across the state.
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D.
Bishop of Iowa
The Bishop of Iowa is the chief ecclesiastical leader of the Episcopal Church in Iowa, overseeing its clergy, congregations, and diocesan ministries.
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E.
Bishop of Nebraska
The Bishop of Nebraska is the chief ecclesiastical leader and overseer of the Episcopal Church’s diocesan activities, clergy, and congregations within the state of Nebraska.
- 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: Bishop of Spokane Target entity description: The Bishop of Spokane is the chief Roman Catholic ecclesiastical leader responsible for overseeing the spiritual, administrative, and pastoral affairs of the Diocese of Spokane in Washington State.
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A.
Bishop of Washington
The Bishop of Washington is the chief ecclesiastical leader of the Episcopal Diocese centered in Washington, D.C., overseeing its congregations, clergy, and ministries.
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B.
Bishop of Alaska
The Bishop of Alaska is the chief ecclesiastical leader overseeing the Episcopal Church’s ministry, clergy, and congregations throughout the state of Alaska.
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C.
Bishop of Wyoming
The Bishop of Wyoming is the chief ecclesiastical leader of the Episcopal Church’s Diocese of Wyoming, overseeing its clergy, congregations, and ministries across the state.
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D.
Bishop of Iowa
The Bishop of Iowa is the chief ecclesiastical leader of the Episcopal Church in Iowa, overseeing its clergy, congregations, and diocesan ministries.
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E.
Bishop of Nebraska
The Bishop of Nebraska is the chief ecclesiastical leader and overseer of the Episcopal Church’s diocesan activities, clergy, and congregations within the state of Nebraska.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic episcopal office
ⓘ
diocesan bishop ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Pope ⓘ |
| authorityFrom | Pope ⓘ |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes (Spokane) ⓘ |
| churchProvince | Ecclesiastical Province of Seattle ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| denomination |
Latin Church worldwide
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Church
|
| governsAccordingTo |
Code of Canon Law (1983)
ⓘ
surface form:
Code of Canon Law
|
| hasDuty |
governing the Diocese of Spokane
ⓘ
sanctifying the faithful in the Diocese of Spokane ⓘ teaching Catholic doctrine in the Diocese of Spokane ⓘ |
| hasPastoralPlanFor | Diocese of Spokane ⓘ |
| hasPower |
to confirm Catholics
ⓘ
to consecrate churches in the Diocese of Spokane ⓘ to ordain deacons ⓘ to ordain priests ⓘ |
| hasResidence | Bishop’s residence in Spokane ⓘ |
| hasRole |
chief shepherd of Catholics in the Diocese of Spokane
ⓘ
primary liturgical celebrant for major diocesan ceremonies ⓘ representative of the Diocese of Spokane in civic and ecumenical affairs ⓘ representative of the Diocese of Spokane to the wider Church ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Diocese of Spokane ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Washington
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surface form:
Washington State
|
| memberOf | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ⓘ |
| metropolitanArchdiocese | Archdiocese of Seattle ⓘ |
| officeCreated | Diocese of Spokane ⓘ |
| officeCreatedBy | Holy See ⓘ |
| officeHoldsTitle | Most Reverend ⓘ |
| oversees |
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Spokane)
ⓘ
surface form:
cathedral of the Diocese of Spokane
diocesan charitable activities in Spokane ⓘ Diocese of Spokane ⓘ
surface form:
diocesan curia of Spokane
diocesan tribunal of Spokane ⓘ |
| partOf | Diocese of Spokane ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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| responsibleFor |
Catholic schools in the Diocese of Spokane
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administrative oversight of the Diocese of Spokane ⓘ clergy of the Diocese of Spokane ⓘ diocesan ministries in the Diocese of Spokane ⓘ parishes of the Diocese of Spokane ⓘ pastoral governance of the Diocese of Spokane ⓘ spiritual leadership of the Diocese of Spokane ⓘ |
| rite | Roman Rite ⓘ |
| seeCity | Spokane, Washington ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Pope ⓘ |
| suiIurisChurch |
Latin Church worldwide
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Church
|
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: Bishop of Spokane Description of subject: The Bishop of Spokane is the chief Roman Catholic ecclesiastical leader responsible for overseeing the spiritual, administrative, and pastoral affairs of the Diocese of Spokane in Washington State.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.