Diocese of Oakland
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The Diocese of Oakland is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church covering Alameda and Contra Costa counties in California, headquartered at the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Diocese of Oakland canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10600531 — 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 Oakland Context triple: [Ecclesiastical Province of San Francisco, hasPart, Diocese of Oakland]
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A.
Diocese of Sacramento
The Diocese of Sacramento is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Northern California that serves a large, predominantly rural and suburban Catholic population through numerous parishes, schools, and ministries.
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B.
Diocese of Northern California
The Diocese of Northern California is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations and ministries in the northern part of the state.
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C.
Diocese of California
The Diocese of California is an Episcopal Church jurisdiction centered in the San Francisco Bay Area, encompassing numerous congregations and ministries across the region.
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D.
Diocese of San Joaquin
The Diocese of San Joaquin is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations in California’s San Joaquin Valley.
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E.
Diocese of Fresno
The Diocese of Fresno is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in central California, overseeing numerous parishes and ministries across the region.
- 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 Oakland Target entity description: The Diocese of Oakland is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church covering Alameda and Contra Costa counties in California, headquartered at the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland.
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A.
Diocese of Sacramento
The Diocese of Sacramento is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Northern California that serves a large, predominantly rural and suburban Catholic population through numerous parishes, schools, and ministries.
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B.
Diocese of Northern California
The Diocese of Northern California is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations and ministries in the northern part of the state.
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C.
Diocese of California
The Diocese of California is an Episcopal Church jurisdiction centered in the San Francisco Bay Area, encompassing numerous congregations and ministries across the region.
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D.
Diocese of San Joaquin
The Diocese of San Joaquin is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations in California’s San Joaquin Valley.
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E.
Diocese of Fresno
The Diocese of Fresno is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in central California, overseeing numerous parishes and ministries across the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin Church ecclesiastical territory
ⓘ
Roman Catholic diocese ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Dioecesis Oclandensis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToConference | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bishopTitle | Bishop of Oakland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Christ the Light NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| coversCounty |
Alameda County, California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Contra Costa County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Pope John XXIII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination | Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| episcopalSee | Oakland, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| established | 1962-01-13 ⓘ |
| establishedFrom | territory of Archdiocese of San Francisco ⓘ |
| governingBody | Roman Curia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governsParishesIn |
Alameda County, California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Contra Costa County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuxiliaryBishop | none ⓘ |
| hasBishop | Michael C. Barber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCathedralCity | Oakland, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClergyType |
religious clergy
ⓘ
secular clergy ⓘ |
| hasCoadjutorBishop | none GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionType | diocesan ⓘ |
| hasMotherChurch | Cathedral of Christ the Light NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasType | territorial diocese ⓘ |
| headquarters | Cathedral of Christ the Light NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | Code of Canon Law (1983) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| liturgicalTradition | Latin liturgical tradition ⓘ |
| localName | Diocese of Oakland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alameda County
ⓘ
surface form:
Alameda County, California
California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
California
Contra Costa County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Ecclesiastical province of San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousCathedral | Cathedral of Saint Francis de Sales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousCathedralStatus | destroyed in 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake ⓘ |
| provinceMetropolitanSee | Archdiocese of San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| rite | Roman Rite ⓘ |
| subjectTo | Holy See NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| suiIurisChurch | Latin Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territorySplitFrom | Archdiocese of San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesCalendar | General Roman Calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesCathedral | Cathedral of Christ the Light NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| website | https://www.oakdiocese.org ⓘ |
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: Diocese of Oakland Description of subject: The Diocese of Oakland is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church covering Alameda and Contra Costa counties in California, headquartered at the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.