Diocese of Lima
E487667
The Diocese of Lima is a historic Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Peru that became one of the most important centers of the Church in colonial Spanish America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Diocese of Lima canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5013036 — 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 Lima Context triple: [Jerónimo de Loayza, jurisdiction, Diocese of Lima]
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A.
Diocese of Callao
The Diocese of Callao is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Peru serving the port city of Callao and surrounding areas under the metropolitan authority of the Archdiocese of Lima.
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B.
Diocese of Carabayllo
The Diocese of Carabayllo is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Peru that forms part of the metropolitan province overseen from Lima.
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C.
Diocese of Lurín
The Diocese of Lurín is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Peru that serves as a suffragan see within the metropolitan province overseen from Lima.
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D.
Diocese of Huacho
The Diocese of Huacho is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Peru, serving the faithful in and around the city of Huacho under the jurisdiction of the Latin Church.
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E.
Diocese of Chosica
The Diocese of Chosica is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Peru that forms part of the Latin Church hierarchy under the metropolitan authority of the Archdiocese of Lima.
- 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 Lima Target entity description: The Diocese of Lima is a historic Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Peru that became one of the most important centers of the Church in colonial Spanish America.
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A.
Diocese of Callao
The Diocese of Callao is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Peru serving the port city of Callao and surrounding areas under the metropolitan authority of the Archdiocese of Lima.
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B.
Diocese of Carabayllo
The Diocese of Carabayllo is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Peru that forms part of the metropolitan province overseen from Lima.
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C.
Diocese of Lurín
The Diocese of Lurín is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Peru that serves as a suffragan see within the metropolitan province overseen from Lima.
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D.
Diocese of Huacho
The Diocese of Huacho is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Peru, serving the faithful in and around the city of Huacho under the jurisdiction of the Latin Church.
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E.
Diocese of Chosica
The Diocese of Chosica is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Peru that forms part of the Latin Church hierarchy under the metropolitan authority of the Archdiocese of Lima.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction
ⓘ
Roman Catholic diocese ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Council of Lima
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
evangelization of indigenous peoples in Peru ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Episcopal Conference of Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cathedral |
Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Apostle and Evangelist
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lima Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colonialLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| colonialStatus | principal ecclesiastical jurisdiction of Spanish colonial administration in Peru ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Peru ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| elevatedToArchdiocese | 1546 ⓘ |
| established | 14 May 1541 ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Pope Paul III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Archbishop of Lima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClericalOrder |
religious orders
ⓘ
secular clergy ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
administration of sacraments
ⓘ
oversight of parishes in Lima region ⓘ pastoral care of Catholics in its territory ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | historic ecclesiastical territory ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | religious life in colonial Spanish America ⓘ |
| hasType | metropolitan see ⓘ |
| historicalImportance |
key center for evangelization of the Andean region
ⓘ
one of the earliest dioceses in South America ⓘ |
| historicalLanguageOfAdministration | Latin ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
major center of the Catholic Church in colonial Spanish America
ⓘ
principal ecclesiastical see of the Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ |
| jurisdictionType | archdiocese ⓘ |
| language |
Latin
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lima
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Viceroyalty of Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metropolitanSeeOf | various suffragan dioceses in Peru ⓘ |
| partOf |
Catholic Church
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ecclesiastical province of Lima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patronSaint |
Saint John the Apostle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saint Rose of Lima NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryCity | Lima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | coastal Peru ⓘ |
| rite | Roman Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seeCity | Lima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| suiIurisChurch | Latin Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territoryIncludes |
City of Lima
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
surrounding areas of coastal Peru ⓘ |
| underAuthorityOf | Pope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Diocese of Lima Description of subject: The Diocese of Lima is a historic Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Peru that became one of the most important centers of the Church in colonial Spanish America.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.