Manuel Monteiro de Castro
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Manuel Monteiro de Castro is a Portuguese cardinal of the Catholic Church who has held several high-ranking positions in the Roman Curia, including leadership roles related to church governance and discipline.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Manuel Monteiro de Castro canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11690520 — 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: Manuel Monteiro de Castro Context triple: [2013 papal conclave, majorPenitentiary, Manuel Monteiro de Castro]
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A.
António José de Almeida
António José de Almeida was a prominent early 20th-century Portuguese politician and statesman who served as both prime minister and later president during the turbulent years of the First Portuguese Republic.
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B.
António de Almeida Santos
António de Almeida Santos was a prominent Portuguese lawyer and Socialist Party politician who held several high-ranking government positions during the post-Carnation Revolution democratic period.
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C.
Manuel da Costa
Manuel da Costa is a Portuguese professional footballer best known as a central defender who has played for several European clubs and the Moroccan national team.
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D.
António Nicolau de Almeida
António Nicolau de Almeida was a Portuguese wine merchant and sports enthusiast best known for founding the football club FC Porto in the late 19th century.
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E.
Luís de Freitas Branco
Luís de Freitas Branco was a prominent early 20th-century Portuguese composer and musicologist, known for his symphonies and for modernizing Portuguese classical music.
- 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: Manuel Monteiro de Castro Target entity description: Manuel Monteiro de Castro is a Portuguese cardinal of the Catholic Church who has held several high-ranking positions in the Roman Curia, including leadership roles related to church governance and discipline.
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A.
António José de Almeida
António José de Almeida was a prominent early 20th-century Portuguese politician and statesman who served as both prime minister and later president during the turbulent years of the First Portuguese Republic.
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B.
António de Almeida Santos
António de Almeida Santos was a prominent Portuguese lawyer and Socialist Party politician who held several high-ranking government positions during the post-Carnation Revolution democratic period.
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C.
Manuel da Costa
Manuel da Costa is a Portuguese professional footballer best known as a central defender who has played for several European clubs and the Moroccan national team.
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D.
António Nicolau de Almeida
António Nicolau de Almeida was a Portuguese wine merchant and sports enthusiast best known for founding the football club FC Porto in the late 19th century.
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E.
Luís de Freitas Branco
Luís de Freitas Branco was a prominent early 20th-century Portuguese composer and musicologist, known for his symphonies and for modernizing Portuguese classical music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic cardinal
ⓘ
Portuguese person ⓘ Roman Curia official ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Pope Benedict XVI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clergyRank |
archbishop
ⓘ
cardinal ⓘ |
| consecratedBy | Cardinal Agostino Casaroli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Portugal ⓘ |
| createdCardinalBy | Pope Benedict XVI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1938-03-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfCardinalCreation | 2012-02-18 ⓘ |
| education |
Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pontifical Gregorian University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime |
2012-01-05
ⓘ
2013-09-21 ⓘ |
| episcopalConsecrationDate | 1985-03-16 ⓘ |
| familyName | Monteiro de Castro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | canon law ⓘ |
| fullName | Manuel Monteiro de Castro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Manuel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCardinalPriestOf | San Domenico di Guzmán NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Italian
ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| memberOfBody | College of Cardinals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeHeld |
Apostolic Delegate to the Antilles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Apostolic Nuncio to Andorra NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador ⓘ Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Nuncio to Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Barbados NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Grenada NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to the Bahamas NERFINISHED ⓘ Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary NERFINISHED ⓘ Secretary of the College of Cardinals NERFINISHED ⓘ Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops NERFINISHED ⓘ Titular Archbishop of Beneventum ⓘ |
| ordainedBy | Archbishop Francisco Maria da Silva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ordinationAsPriestDate | 1961-07-09 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Braga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
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| startTime |
2009-11-21
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2012-01-05 ⓘ |
| workedFor |
Holy See
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Curia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Manuel Monteiro de Castro Description of subject: Manuel Monteiro de Castro is a Portuguese cardinal of the Catholic Church who has held several high-ranking positions in the Roman Curia, including leadership roles related to church governance and discipline.
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