Diocese of Portland
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The Diocese of Portland is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the United States that encompasses the entire state of Maine.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Diocese of Portland canonical | 1 |
| Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland | 1 |
| Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland (Maine) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3811932 — 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 Portland Context triple: [Archdiocese of Boston, provinceIncludes, Diocese of Portland]
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A.
Diocese of Oregon
The Diocese of Oregon is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing Episcopal congregations and ministries in western Oregon.
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B.
Episcopal Diocese of Maine
The Episcopal Diocese of Maine is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing and overseeing Episcopal congregations throughout the state of Maine.
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C.
Diocese of Olympia
The Diocese of Olympia is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations primarily in western Washington state and centered in Seattle.
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D.
Diocese of Alaska
The Diocese of Alaska is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States that oversees Episcopal congregations and ministries throughout the state of Alaska.
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E.
Diocese of Spokane
The Diocese of Spokane is a regional ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, serving congregations in eastern Washington and surrounding areas.
- 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 Portland Target entity description: The Diocese of Portland is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the United States that encompasses the entire state of Maine.
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A.
Diocese of Oregon
The Diocese of Oregon is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing Episcopal congregations and ministries in western Oregon.
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B.
Episcopal Diocese of Maine
The Episcopal Diocese of Maine is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing and overseeing Episcopal congregations throughout the state of Maine.
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C.
Diocese of Olympia
The Diocese of Olympia is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations primarily in western Washington state and centered in Seattle.
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D.
Diocese of Alaska
The Diocese of Alaska is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States that oversees Episcopal congregations and ministries throughout the state of Alaska.
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E.
Diocese of Spokane
The Diocese of Spokane is a regional ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, serving congregations in eastern Washington and surrounding areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic diocese
ⓘ
ecclesiastical territory ⓘ |
| belongsTo | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ⓘ |
| bishopTitle | Bishop of Portland ⓘ |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception ⓘ |
| cathedralLocatedIn | Portland, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coatOfArmsDescription | features symbols associated with the Virgin Mary and maritime imagery ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentBishop | Robert P. Deeley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| encompasses | entire state of Maine ⓘ |
| episcopalSee | Portland, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| established | 1843 ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Pope Gregory XVI ⓘ |
| follows | teachings of the Catholic Church ⓘ |
| governs |
Catholic charitable institutions in Maine
ⓘ
Catholic schools in Maine ⓘ parishes in Maine ⓘ |
| hasClergyType |
deacons
ⓘ
diocesan priests ⓘ religious order priests ⓘ |
| hasEcclesiasticalStatus | diocese immediately subject to the Archdiocese of Boston as metropolitan ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver | Catholics residing in Maine ⓘ |
| hasLayMinistry | lay ecclesial ministers ⓘ |
| hasParishesIn |
Augusta, Maine
ⓘ
Bangor, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Lewiston, Maine ⓘ Portland, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ other communities throughout Maine ⓘ |
| hasPastoralActivities |
charitable works
ⓘ
education ⓘ evangelization ⓘ sacramental ministry ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://portlanddiocese.org ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Maine ⓘ |
| metropolitanSee | Archdiocese of Boston ⓘ |
| patron | Immaculate Conception ⓘ |
| province | Ecclesiastical Province of Boston ⓘ |
| recognisedBy | Holy See ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| rite | Roman Rite ⓘ |
| subjectToCanonLaw |
Code of Canon Law (1983)
ⓘ
surface form:
Code of Canon Law of the Catholic Church
|
| suiIurisChurch |
Latin Church worldwide
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Church
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| territoryPreviouslyPartOf |
Archdiocese of Boston
ⓘ
surface form:
Diocese of Boston
|
| uses | parish structure for local communities ⓘ |
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 Portland Description of subject: The Diocese of Portland is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the United States that encompasses the entire state of Maine.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland (Maine)
this entity surface form:
Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland