Roman Catholic Diocese of Paisley
E651558
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Paisley is a Scottish ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church, centered in the town of Paisley and serving the faithful in parts of the west of Scotland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Roman Catholic Diocese of Paisley canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7265564 — 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 Paisley Context triple: [Saint Mirin, commemoratedBy, Roman Catholic Diocese of Paisley]
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A.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Glasgow
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Glasgow was a historic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Scotland that oversaw the Catholic Church’s religious and administrative affairs in and around the city of Glasgow before the Reformation.
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B.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Motherwell
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Motherwell is an ecclesiastical territory in Scotland overseeing numerous parishes and clergy within its defined region under the authority of a diocesan bishop.
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C.
Diocese of St Andrews
The Diocese of St Andrews was a major medieval Scottish ecclesiastical jurisdiction centered on St Andrews, historically the most important bishopric in Scotland and a key religious and political power.
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D.
Diocese of Brechin
The Diocese of Brechin is a historic Scottish Episcopal diocese centered in the east of Scotland, with its modern cathedral now located in Dundee.
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E.
Archdiocese of Glasgow
The Archdiocese of Glasgow is a major Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in western Scotland, centered in the city of Glasgow and led by an archbishop who oversees several suffragan dioceses.
- 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 Paisley Target entity description: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Paisley is a Scottish ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church, centered in the town of Paisley and serving the faithful in parts of the west of Scotland.
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A.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Glasgow
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Glasgow was a historic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Scotland that oversaw the Catholic Church’s religious and administrative affairs in and around the city of Glasgow before the Reformation.
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B.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Motherwell
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Motherwell is an ecclesiastical territory in Scotland overseeing numerous parishes and clergy within its defined region under the authority of a diocesan bishop.
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C.
Diocese of St Andrews
The Diocese of St Andrews was a major medieval Scottish ecclesiastical jurisdiction centered on St Andrews, historically the most important bishopric in Scotland and a key religious and political power.
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D.
Diocese of Brechin
The Diocese of Brechin is a historic Scottish Episcopal diocese centered in the east of Scotland, with its modern cathedral now located in Dundee.
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E.
Archdiocese of Glasgow
The Archdiocese of Glasgow is a major Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in western Scotland, centered in the city of Glasgow and led by an archbishop who oversees several suffragan dioceses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin Church ecclesiastical territory
ⓘ
Roman Catholic diocese ⓘ |
| belongsToConference | Bishops’ Conference of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bishopTitle | Bishop of Paisley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cathedral | St Mirin’s Cathedral, Paisley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Scotland
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| currentOrdinary | John Keenan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateEstablished | 1947-02-25 ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| episcopalSee | Paisley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Pope Pius XII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsCanonLaw | Code of Canon Law (1983) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | bishop ⓘ |
| hasBishop | John Keenan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCathedralChapter | yes ⓘ |
| hasCathedralPatronSaint | Saint Mirin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClergyType |
religious clergy
ⓘ
secular clergy ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionType | territorial ⓘ |
| hasPastoralResponsibilityFor |
Roman Catholics in East Renfrewshire
ⓘ
Roman Catholics in Inverclyde ⓘ Roman Catholics in Renfrewshire ⓘ |
| hasSeeCity | Paisley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isInCommunionWith |
Holy See
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy |
English
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Paisley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Renfrewshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInContinent | Europe ⓘ |
| metropolitanSee | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Roman Catholic Church in Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| province | Roman Catholic Province of Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed | west of Scotland ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| rite | Roman Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| splitFrom | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| suiIurisChurch | Latin Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territoryIncludes |
East Renfrewshire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Inverclyde NERFINISHED ⓘ Renfrewshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfJurisdiction | diocese ⓘ |
| usesCalendar |
Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
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surface form:
Gregorian calendar
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| website | https://rcdop.org.uk/ ⓘ |
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: Roman Catholic Diocese of Paisley Description of subject: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Paisley is a Scottish ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church, centered in the town of Paisley and serving the faithful in parts of the west of Scotland.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.