Episcopal Diocese of Virginia
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The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing numerous congregations in Virginia and overseeing their worship, ministry, and governance.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Episcopal Diocese of Virginia canonical | 32 |
| Diocese of Virginia | 2 |
| Episcopal Church in Virginia | 1 |
| Executive Board of the Diocese of Virginia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T666157 — 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: Episcopal Diocese of Virginia Context triple: [Christ Church (Alexandria), affiliation, Episcopal Diocese of Virginia]
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Episcopal Diocese of Washington
The Episcopal Diocese of Washington is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations in Washington, D.C., and nearby Maryland and centered around the prominent Washington National Cathedral.
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B.
Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey
The Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations primarily in central and southern New Jersey.
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C.
Episcopal Diocese of Vermont
The Episcopal Diocese of Vermont is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing Episcopal congregations and ministries throughout the state of Vermont.
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D.
Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
The Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing and serving Episcopal congregations throughout the state of New Hampshire.
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E.
Episcopal Diocese of Rio Grande
The Episcopal Diocese of Rio Grande is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations primarily in New Mexico and far West Texas.
- 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: Episcopal Diocese of Virginia Target entity description: The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing numerous congregations in Virginia and overseeing their worship, ministry, and governance.
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Episcopal Diocese of Washington
The Episcopal Diocese of Washington is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations in Washington, D.C., and nearby Maryland and centered around the prominent Washington National Cathedral.
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B.
Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey
The Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations primarily in central and southern New Jersey.
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C.
Episcopal Diocese of Vermont
The Episcopal Diocese of Vermont is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing Episcopal congregations and ministries throughout the state of Vermont.
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Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
The Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing and serving Episcopal congregations throughout the state of New Hampshire.
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E.
Episcopal Diocese of Rio Grande
The Episcopal Diocese of Rio Grande is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing congregations primarily in New Mexico and far West Texas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian ecclesiastical jurisdiction
ⓘ
Episcopal diocese ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Anglican Communion (through the Episcopal Church)
ⓘ
linked to:
Anglican Communion
|
| cathedral |
Christ Church, Alexandria (pro-cathedral/historic)
ⓘ
linked to:
Christ Church (Alexandria)
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Richmond ⓘ |
| churchPolity | Episcopal polity ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateEstablished | 1785 ⓘ |
| denomination |
Episcopal Church (United States)
ⓘ
linked to:
Episcopal Church
|
| foundedAfter | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| foundingReligion | Church of England ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Diocesan Convention of Virginia
ⓘ
linked to:
Diocesan convention
Executive Board of the Diocese of Virginia ⓘ
linked to:
Episcopal Diocese of Virginia
|
| hasBishop | Mark Stevenson ⓘ |
| hasFormerBishop |
James Madison (first bishop of Virginia)
ⓘ
John Buchanan ⓘ Peter James Lee ⓘ Richard Channing Moore ⓘ Shannon Sherwood Johnston ⓘ William Meade ⓘ |
| hasHistoricParish |
Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg
ⓘ
linked to:
Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia
Christ Church, Alexandria ⓘ
linked to:
Christ Church (Alexandria)
St. John’s Church, Richmond ⓘ
linked to:
St. John’s Church
The Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia) ⓘ
linked to:
The Falls Church (historic Episcopal church)
|
| hasMinistry |
camp and conference ministry
ⓘ
campus ministry ⓘ outreach and social justice ministry ⓘ parish ministry ⓘ youth ministry ⓘ |
| hasRite |
Anglican liturgy
ⓘ
linked to:
Anglican rite
|
| hasSuffraganBishop |
Gayle E. Harris (interim assisting, historically suffragans vary)
ⓘ
linked to:
Gayle E. Harris
|
| headTitle | Bishop Diocesan ⓘ |
| isOneOf | largest dioceses in the Episcopal Church (United States) ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Commonwealth of Virginia
ⓘ
linked to:
Virginia
Washington, D.C. metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to:
Washington metropolitan area
|
| mission | to worship God, proclaim the Gospel, and serve Christ in all persons (paraphrased Episcopal mission) ⓘ |
| numberOfCongregations | over 175 ⓘ |
| numberOfMembers | over 65,000 baptized members (approximate, 21st century) ⓘ |
| officeHolderStartDate | Mark Stevenson, 2022 (Bishop Diocesan) ⓘ |
| operates |
Shrine Mont (retreat and conference center)
ⓘ
Shrine Mont Camps ⓘ |
| oversight |
discipline of clergy in the diocese
ⓘ
ordination of deacons and priests in the diocese ⓘ planting and closing of congregations in its territory ⓘ |
| partOf | Province III of the Episcopal Church (United States) ⓘ |
| predecessor | Church of England in the Colony of Virginia ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| seeCity | Richmond, Virginia ⓘ |
| territoryIncludes |
Central Virginia
ⓘ
Northern Virginia ⓘ Shenandoah Valley (portions) ⓘ
linked to:
Shenandoah Valley
|
| usesBook |
Book of Common Prayer (Episcopal Church)
ⓘ
linked to:
Book of Common Prayer
|
| website | https://www.thediocese.net/ ⓘ |
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: Episcopal Diocese of Virginia Description of subject: The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing numerous congregations in Virginia and overseeing their worship, ministry, and governance.
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
St. John’s Church
linked to: Episcopal Diocese of Virginia
subject linked to:
Parish of St. Peter, New Kent County (historical Anglican parish)
linked to: Episcopal Diocese of Virginia
subject linked to:
James Madison (first bishop of Virginia)
linked to: Episcopal Diocese of Virginia
linked to: Episcopal Diocese of Virginia
subject linked to:
Trinity Episcopal Church
Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia
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associatedWith
→
Episcopal Diocese of Virginia
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St. Stephen’s Church (Northumberland County, Virginia)
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governingBody
→
Episcopal Diocese of Virginia
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subject linked to:
St. Stephen’s Church