Bishop of Regensburg
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Christian religious leader
Roman Catholic bishopric
diocesan bishop
ecclesiastical title
episcopal office
The Bishop of Regensburg is the ecclesiastical head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Regensburg in Bavaria, Germany, overseeing its spiritual leadership and administration.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Regensburg canonical | 6 |
| Prince-Bishop of Regensburg | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2141072 — 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: Bishop of Regensburg Context triple: [Albert the Great, positionHeld, Bishop of Regensburg]
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A.
Bishop of Würzburg
The Bishop of Würzburg is the Roman Catholic prelate who heads the Diocese of Würzburg in Germany, overseeing its spiritual leadership and administration.
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B.
Archbishop of Munich and Freising
The Archbishop of Munich and Freising is the senior Roman Catholic prelate overseeing the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising in Bavaria, Germany.
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C.
Archbishop of Cologne
The Archbishop of Cologne was a powerful ecclesiastical prince of the Holy Roman Empire who combined the roles of archbishop, territorial ruler, and imperial elector.
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D.
Bishop of Münster
The Bishop of Münster is the Roman Catholic prelate who leads the Diocese of Münster in Germany, historically notable for outspoken resistance to Nazi policies during the Third Reich.
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E.
Bishop Franz Xaver von Salm-Reifferscheidt
Bishop Franz Xaver von Salm-Reifferscheidt was an 18th-century Austrian nobleman and clergyman known for his patronage of early Alpine mountaineering and scientific exploration.
- 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: Bishop of Regensburg Target entity description: The Bishop of Regensburg is the ecclesiastical head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Regensburg in Bavaria, Germany, overseeing its spiritual leadership and administration.
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A.
Bishop of Würzburg
The Bishop of Würzburg is the Roman Catholic prelate who heads the Diocese of Würzburg in Germany, overseeing its spiritual leadership and administration.
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B.
Archbishop of Munich and Freising
The Archbishop of Munich and Freising is the senior Roman Catholic prelate overseeing the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising in Bavaria, Germany.
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C.
Archbishop of Cologne
The Archbishop of Cologne was a powerful ecclesiastical prince of the Holy Roman Empire who combined the roles of archbishop, territorial ruler, and imperial elector.
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D.
Bishop of Münster
The Bishop of Münster is the Roman Catholic prelate who leads the Diocese of Münster in Germany, historically notable for outspoken resistance to Nazi policies during the Third Reich.
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E.
Bishop Franz Xaver von Salm-Reifferscheidt
Bishop Franz Xaver von Salm-Reifferscheidt was an 18th-century Austrian nobleman and clergyman known for his patronage of early Alpine mountaineering and scientific exploration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian religious leader
ⓘ
Roman Catholic bishopric ⓘ diocesan bishop ⓘ ecclesiastical title ⓘ episcopal office ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Pope ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Regensburg ⓘ |
| cathedral |
Cathedral of St. Peter, Regensburg
ⓘ
linked to:
Regensburg Cathedral
Regensburg Cathedral ⓘ |
| church |
Latin Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin Church worldwide
|
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| ecclesiasticalProvince | Province of Munich and Freising ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver |
clergy of the Diocese of Regensburg
ⓘ
parishes in the Diocese of Regensburg ⓘ |
| hasDuty |
governing the Diocese of Regensburg
ⓘ
sanctifying the faithful in the Diocese of Regensburg ⓘ teaching Catholic doctrine in the Diocese of Regensburg ⓘ |
| isApostolicSuccessionOf | Catholic episcopate ⓘ |
| jurisdictionOver | Roman Catholic Diocese of Regensburg ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy |
German
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Bavaria ⓘ |
| locatedInContinent | Europe ⓘ |
| locatedInEcclesiasticalTerritory | Diocese of Regensburg ⓘ |
| memberOf | German Bishops' Conference ⓘ |
| officeHolderRole |
chief administrator of the Diocese of Regensburg
ⓘ
spiritual leader of the Diocese of Regensburg ⓘ |
| officeScope | diocesan ⓘ |
| officeType | diocesan ordinary ⓘ |
| oversees | diocesan institutions in Regensburg ⓘ |
| partOf | Ecclesiastical province of Munich and Freising ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Upper Palatinate
ⓘ
parts of Lower Bavaria ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
diocesan administration
ⓘ
pastoral care in the Diocese of Regensburg ⓘ spiritual leadership in the Diocese of Regensburg ⓘ |
| rite | Roman Rite ⓘ |
| see | Regensburg ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Metropolitan Archbishop of Munich and Freising
ⓘ
linked to:
Archbishop of Munich and Freising
Pope ⓘ |
| suiIurisChurch |
Latin Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin Church worldwide
|
| titleHolderOf | Diocese of Regensburg ⓘ |
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: Bishop of Regensburg Description of subject: The Bishop of Regensburg is the ecclesiastical head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Regensburg in Bavaria, Germany, overseeing its spiritual leadership and administration.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bishop of Regensburg