Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington is an ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church covering the state of Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore, overseen by a bishop and centered at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Wilmington.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington canonical | 3 |
| Diocese of Wilmington | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5611524 — 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 Diocese of Wilmington Context triple: [Cathedral Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware, ownedBy, Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington]
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Diocese of Orange
The Diocese of Orange is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory based in Orange County, California, overseeing local parishes, clergy, and pastoral activities for Catholics in the region.
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B.
Episcopal Diocese of Delaware
The Episcopal Diocese of Delaware is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States that oversees Episcopal congregations and ministries throughout the state of Delaware.
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C.
Diocese of North Carolina
The Diocese of North Carolina is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations primarily in the central part of the state of North Carolina.
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D.
Diocese of East Carolina
The Diocese of East Carolina is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations in the eastern portion of North Carolina.
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E.
Diocese of Baltimore
The Diocese of Baltimore is the first Roman Catholic diocese established in the United States, historically serving as a key center of Catholic leadership and organization in the country.
- 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 Diocese of Wilmington Target entity description: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington is an ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church covering the state of Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore, overseen by a bishop and centered at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Wilmington.
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A.
Diocese of Orange
The Diocese of Orange is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory based in Orange County, California, overseeing local parishes, clergy, and pastoral activities for Catholics in the region.
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B.
Episcopal Diocese of Delaware
The Episcopal Diocese of Delaware is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States that oversees Episcopal congregations and ministries throughout the state of Delaware.
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C.
Diocese of North Carolina
The Diocese of North Carolina is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations primarily in the central part of the state of North Carolina.
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D.
Diocese of East Carolina
The Diocese of East Carolina is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations in the eastern portion of North Carolina.
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E.
Diocese of Baltimore
The Diocese of Baltimore is the first Roman Catholic diocese established in the United States, historically serving as a key center of Catholic leadership and organization in the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic diocese
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ecclesiastical territory ⓘ |
| belongsToConference | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cathedralLocatedIn | Wilmington, Delaware NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| coversRegion |
Eastern Shore of Maryland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State of Delaware NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateEstablished | 1868-03-03 ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| ecclesiasticalProvince | Province of Baltimore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Pope Pius IX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedAccordingTo | Code of Canon Law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | bishop ⓘ |
| hasBishop |
William Edward Koenig
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Francis Malooly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCathedral | Cathedral of Saint Peter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCathedralStatus | mother church of the diocese ⓘ |
| hasCathedralTitle | Cathedral of Saint Peter in Wilmington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClericalStructure |
charitable institutions
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missions ⓘ parishes ⓘ schools ⓘ |
| hasCurrentBishop | William Edward Koenig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDenominationalAffiliation | Catholic Church in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEcclesiasticalRank | diocese ⓘ |
| hasEmeritusBishop | William Francis Malooly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction |
pastoral care of Catholics in Delaware
ⓘ
pastoral care of Catholics on Maryland's Eastern Shore ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionType | diocesan ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasPatronSaint | Saint Peter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSeeCity | Wilmington, Delaware NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTerritorialExtent |
all counties of Delaware
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nine counties of Maryland's Eastern Shore ⓘ |
| hasType | suffragan diocese ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.cdow.org ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Catholic Church in Delaware
NERFINISHED
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Catholic Church in Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Delaware
NERFINISHED
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Maryland ⓘ |
| metropolitanSee | Archdiocese of Baltimore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| rite | Roman Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Holy See NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| suiIurisChurch | Latin Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territoryTakenFrom |
Archdiocese of Baltimore
NERFINISHED
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Diocese of Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington Description of subject: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington is an ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church covering the state of Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore, overseen by a bishop and centered at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Wilmington.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington
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isMetropolitanSeeFor
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington
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this entity surface form:
Diocese of Wilmington