Mar Awa III
E192957
Mar Awa III is the current Catholicos-Patriarch and spiritual leader of the Assyrian Church of the East, guiding one of the oldest Christian traditions in the world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mar Awa III canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1739808 — 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: Mar Awa III Context triple: [Assyrian Church of the East, currentPatriarch, Mar Awa III]
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A.
Masaharu
Masaharu is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by several notable figures in Japanese history and culture.
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B.
Masahito
Masahito is the personal name of Prince Hitachi, a member of the Japanese imperial family and younger brother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito.
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C.
Kutaraja
Kutaraja was the principal urban and political center of the Singhasari Kingdom, a powerful Javanese Hindu-Buddhist state in 13th-century Indonesia.
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D.
Kashiba
Kashiba is a city in Japan known for its residential communities and location in the northwestern part of Nara Prefecture, near the Osaka metropolitan area.
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E.
Takanami
Takanami was a Japanese destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, notable for being sunk in the Battle of Tassafaronga in 1942.
- 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: Mar Awa III Target entity description: Mar Awa III is the current Catholicos-Patriarch and spiritual leader of the Assyrian Church of the East, guiding one of the oldest Christian traditions in the world.
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A.
Masaharu
Masaharu is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by several notable figures in Japanese history and culture.
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B.
Masahito
Masahito is the personal name of Prince Hitachi, a member of the Japanese imperial family and younger brother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito.
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C.
Kutaraja
Kutaraja was the principal urban and political center of the Singhasari Kingdom, a powerful Javanese Hindu-Buddhist state in 13th-century Indonesia.
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D.
Kashiba
Kashiba is a city in Japan known for its residential communities and location in the northwestern part of Nara Prefecture, near the Osaka metropolitan area.
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E.
Takanami
Takanami was a Japanese destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, notable for being sunk in the Battle of Tassafaronga in 1942.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Assyrian Church of the East patriarch
ⓘ
Catholicos-Patriarch ⓘ Christian religious leader ⓘ bishop ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Arts
ⓘ
Doctorate in Eastern Canon Law ⓘ Licentiate in Eastern Canon Law ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
ⓘ
linked to:
Erbil
|
| birthDate | 1975-07-04 ⓘ |
| birthName | David Royel ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| church | Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| consecrationAsBishopYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| denomination | Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ |
| education |
Catholic University of America
ⓘ
linked to:
The Catholic University of America
Loyola University Chicago ⓘ Pontifical Oriental Institute ⓘ |
| electionAsCatholicosPatriarchYear | 2021 ⓘ |
| enthronementDate | 2021-09-13 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Assyrian people
ⓘ
linked to:
Assyrians
|
| guides | one of the oldest Christian traditions in the world ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | His Holiness ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix | Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leadership of the Assyrian Church of the East
ⓘ
promotion of Assyrian Christian heritage ⓘ scholarship in Eastern canon law ⓘ work in ecumenical dialogue ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Arabic
ⓘ
English ⓘ Syriac ⓘ |
| leads | Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ |
| nationality | Assyrian ⓘ |
| ordinationAsPriestYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| partOfTradition |
Assyrian Christian tradition
ⓘ
Eastern Christianity ⓘ |
| patriarchalSee | Erbil ⓘ |
| position | Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ |
| predecessor | Gewargis III ⓘ |
| previousPosition |
Bishop of California
ⓘ
Bishop of the Diocese of Western California ⓘ Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| see |
Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East
ⓘ
linked to:
Assyrian Church of the East
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| spiritualLeaderOf | Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ |
| title |
Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
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His Holiness ⓘ Mar ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
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