Ecclesiastical province of Hamburg

E67657

Roman Catholic ecclesiastical province ecclesiastical province

The Ecclesiastical province of Hamburg is a Roman Catholic church province in northern Germany that groups together several dioceses under the metropolitan authority of the Archdiocese of Hamburg.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Archdiocese of Hamburg	5
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hamburg	3
Ecclesiastical province of Hamburg canonical	2
Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamburg	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T531119 — 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: Ecclesiastical province of Hamburg
Context triple: [Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim, partOf, Ecclesiastical province of Hamburg]

A. Diocese of Münster
The Diocese of Münster is a historic Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in western Germany centered on the city of Münster, known for its significant religious and cultural influence since the Middle Ages.
B. Prince-Bishopric of Münster
The Prince-Bishopric of Münster was an ecclesiastical principality within the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a prince-bishop who held both secular and spiritual authority over the region in what is now northwestern Germany.
C. Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim is a historic German diocese, founded in the early Middle Ages, that oversees Catholic parishes and institutions in parts of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.
D. Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim
The Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire centered on the city of Hildesheim in present-day Lower Saxony, Germany.
E. Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn
The Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire in present-day Germany, ruled by a prince-bishop who held both secular and spiritual authority.
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: Ecclesiastical province of Hamburg
Target entity description: The Ecclesiastical province of Hamburg is a Roman Catholic church province in northern Germany that groups together several dioceses under the metropolitan authority of the Archdiocese of Hamburg.

A. Diocese of Münster
The Diocese of Münster is a historic Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in western Germany centered on the city of Münster, known for its significant religious and cultural influence since the Middle Ages.
B. Prince-Bishopric of Münster
The Prince-Bishopric of Münster was an ecclesiastical principality within the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a prince-bishop who held both secular and spiritual authority over the region in what is now northwestern Germany.
C. Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim is a historic German diocese, founded in the early Middle Ages, that oversees Catholic parishes and institutions in parts of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.
D. Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim
The Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire centered on the city of Hildesheim in present-day Lower Saxony, Germany.
E. Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn
The Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire in present-day Germany, ruled by a prince-bishop who held both secular and spiritual authority.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman Catholic ecclesiastical province ⓘ ecclesiastical province ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
ecclesiasticalStatus	metropolitan province ⓘ
governedBy	metropolitan archbishop of Hamburg ⓘ
hasCentralCity	Hamburg ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Ecclesiastical province of Hamburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Archdiocese of Hamburg Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim ⓘ surface form: Diocese of Hildesheim Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück ⓘ surface form: Diocese of Osnabrück Diocese of Schwerin ⓘ surface form: Diocese of Ratzeburg Diocese of Schleswig ⓘ Diocese of Schwerin ⓘ
hasMetropolitanAuthorityOver	suffragan dioceses in northern Germany ⓘ
jurisdictionType	ecclesiastical ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy	Latin ⓘ
locatedIn	Northern Germany ⓘ surface form: northern Germany
metropolitanArchdiocese	Ecclesiastical province of Hamburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Archdiocese of Hamburg
metropolitanSee	Ecclesiastical province of Hamburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Archdiocese of Hamburg
partOf	Catholic Church in Germany ⓘ Latin Church worldwide ⓘ surface form: Latin Church
region	Northern Germany ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
religiousTradition	Catholicism ⓘ
rite	Roman Rite ⓘ
seeAlso	Ecclesiastical province of Hamburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Archdiocese of Hamburg Catholic Church in Germany ⓘ
suiIurisChurch	Latin Church worldwide ⓘ surface form: Latin Church
typeOfJurisdiction	metropolitan province ⓘ

How these facts were elicited