Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland
E142788
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland is an ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Northern California that oversees parishes, missions, and ministries throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Diocese of Oakland | 1 |
| Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1220386 — 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 Oakland Context triple: [Mission San José, governingDiocese, Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland]
-
A.
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.
-
B.
Archdiocese of San Francisco
The Archdiocese of San Francisco is a major Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Northern California that oversees numerous parishes, schools, and ministries in and around the city of San Francisco.
-
C.
Diocese of Los Angeles
The Diocese of Los Angeles is a major Episcopal Church jurisdiction in Southern California, encompassing numerous congregations and ministries across the greater Los Angeles region.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
Diocese of Monterey
The Diocese of Monterey is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in California that oversees parishes and missions along the central coast, including historic sites such as Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo.
- 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 Oakland Target entity description: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland is an ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Northern California that oversees parishes, missions, and ministries throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
-
A.
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.
-
B.
Archdiocese of San Francisco
The Archdiocese of San Francisco is a major Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Northern California that oversees numerous parishes, schools, and ministries in and around the city of San Francisco.
-
C.
Diocese of Los Angeles
The Diocese of Los Angeles is a major Episcopal Church jurisdiction in Southern California, encompassing numerous congregations and ministries across the greater Los Angeles region.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
Diocese of Monterey
The Diocese of Monterey is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in California that oversees parishes and missions along the central coast, including historic sites such as Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction
ⓘ
Roman Catholic diocese ⓘ |
| belongsTo | California Catholic Conference ⓘ |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Christ the Light ⓘ |
| cathedralDedicatedTo | Christ the Light ⓘ |
| coatOfArms | Coat of arms of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| episcopalSee |
Oakland, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Oakland
|
| established | 1962 ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Pope John XXIII ⓘ |
| followsCanonLaw |
Code of Canon Law of the Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Code of Canon Law (1983)
|
| formerCathedral |
Cathedral of Saint Francis de Sales
ⓘ
linked to:
Basilique Saint-François-de-Sales
|
| governedBy | Bishop of Oakland ⓘ |
| hasCathedralStatusSince | 2008 ⓘ |
| hasPastoralMinistry |
Asian and Pacific Islander ministry
ⓘ
Hispanic ministry ⓘ campus ministry ⓘ hospital chaplaincy ⓘ prison ministry ⓘ social justice ministry ⓘ youth and young adult ministry ⓘ |
| hasPastoralPlan | diocesan pastoral plan for evangelization ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.oakdiocese.org ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ Tagalog ⓘ Vietnamese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alameda County, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Alameda County
Contra Costa County, California ⓘ
linked to:
Contra Costa County
Northern California ⓘ |
| oversees |
Catholic schools in Alameda County, California
ⓘ
Catholic schools in Contra Costa County, California ⓘ charitable ministries ⓘ missions ⓘ parishes in Alameda County, California ⓘ parishes in Contra Costa County, California ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ecclesiastical province of San Francisco
ⓘ
linked to:
Ecclesiastical Province of San Francisco
|
| provinceMetropolitanSee | Archdiocese of San Francisco ⓘ |
| regionServed | East Bay ⓘ |
| rite | Roman Rite ⓘ |
| subjectTo | Holy See ⓘ |
| suiIurisChurch |
Latin Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin Church worldwide
|
| territoryIncludes |
City of Berkeley
ⓘ
linked to:
Berkeley
City of Concord, California ⓘ
linked to:
Concord, California, United States
City of Fremont ⓘ
linked to:
Fremont
City of Oakland ⓘ
linked to:
Oakland
|
| usesLiturgicalCalendar |
Roman Catholic liturgical calendar
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Rite liturgical calendar
|
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: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland Description of subject: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland is an ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Northern California that oversees parishes, missions, and ministries throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland