Superior General
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The Superior General is the highest-ranking leader of a Catholic religious congregation, responsible for its overall governance, spiritual direction, and global mission.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Superior General canonical | 3 |
| Minister General | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6500709 — 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: Superior General Context triple: [Missionaries of Africa, governedBy, Superior General]
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A.
Superior General
The Superior General is the highest-ranking leader of the Claretian Missionaries, responsible for guiding the congregation’s global mission, administration, and spiritual direction.
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B.
Superior General
The Superior General is the highest-ranking leader of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, responsible for guiding the congregation’s mission, administration, and spiritual direction worldwide.
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C.
Superior General
The Superior General is the highest-ranking leader of the Marist Brothers, responsible for guiding the congregation’s global mission and governance.
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D.
Superior General of the Society of Jesus
The Superior General of the Society of Jesus is the worldwide leader of the Jesuit order in the Catholic Church, responsible for guiding its mission, governance, and global activities.
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E.
Superior General of the Priests of the Sacred Heart
The Superior General of the Priests of the Sacred Heart is the worldwide leader of the Dehonians, a Roman Catholic religious congregation dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and social justice.
- 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: Superior General Target entity description: The Superior General is the highest-ranking leader of a Catholic religious congregation, responsible for its overall governance, spiritual direction, and global mission.
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A.
Superior General
The Superior General is the highest-ranking leader of the Marist Brothers, responsible for guiding the congregation’s global mission and governance.
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B.
Superior General
The Superior General is the highest-ranking leader of the Claretian Missionaries, responsible for guiding the congregation’s global mission, administration, and spiritual direction.
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C.
Superior General
The Superior General is the highest-ranking leader of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, responsible for guiding the congregation’s mission, administration, and spiritual direction worldwide.
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D.
Superior General of the Society of Jesus
The Superior General of the Society of Jesus is the worldwide leader of the Jesuit order in the Catholic Church, responsible for guiding its mission, governance, and global activities.
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E.
Superior General of the Priests of the Sacred Heart
The Superior General of the Priests of the Sacred Heart is the worldwide leader of the Dehonians, a Roman Catholic religious congregation dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and social justice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ecclesiastical office
ⓘ
leadership position in a religious institute ⓘ position in the Catholic Church ⓘ |
| assistedBy | general council ⓘ |
| canHaveVicar | Vicar General NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonicalBasis |
canon 617 of the Code of Canon Law
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
canon 622 of the Code of Canon Law ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Pope
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
bishop ⓘ local superior ⓘ provincial superior ⓘ |
| electedBy | general chapter of the congregation ⓘ |
| exercisesAuthority |
according to the constitutions of the institute
ⓘ
in communion with the Church’s hierarchy ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver |
members of the religious congregation
ⓘ
provincials and local superiors ⓘ |
| hasRole |
highest-ranking leader of a Catholic religious congregation
ⓘ
major superior ⓘ supreme moderator of a religious institute ⓘ |
| languageVariant |
Superior General (Spanish)
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Superior Generalis (Latin) NERFINISHED ⓘ Superiore generale (Italian) NERFINISHED ⓘ Supérieur général (French) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mayAppoint |
local superiors
ⓘ
provincial superiors ⓘ |
| mayConvocate | general chapter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mayErect | houses or communities of the institute (according to law and constitutions) ⓘ |
| mayIssue | general norms for the institute ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
general chapter
ⓘ
major superior ⓘ religious institute ⓘ |
| reportsTo | general chapter in matters of governance ⓘ |
| requires |
canonical suitability
ⓘ
religious profession in the institute ⓘ |
| residesAt | generalate of the congregation ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
administration of temporal goods of the institute
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fidelity to the charism of the founder ⓘ global mission of the congregation ⓘ implementation of the congregation’s constitutions ⓘ overall governance of the congregation ⓘ promotion of religious discipline ⓘ spiritual direction of the congregation ⓘ |
| scopeOfOffice | entire institute ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
Code of Canon Law
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
universal law of the Catholic Church ⓘ |
| termDefinedBy | constitutions of the religious institute ⓘ |
| titleUsedIn |
religious institutes of diocesan right
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religious institutes of pontifical right ⓘ |
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: Superior General Description of subject: The Superior General is the highest-ranking leader of a Catholic religious congregation, responsible for its overall governance, spiritual direction, and global mission.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Minister General