Roman Catholic Diocese of Spiš

E402276

Latin Catholic diocese Roman Catholic diocese ecclesiastical territory

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Spiš is a historic ecclesiastical territory in northern Slovakia, centered in the town of Spišská Kapitula and serving as a key religious and cultural institution in the Spiš region.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Roman Catholic Diocese of Spiš canonical	3
Roman Catholic Diocese of Ružomberok	1
cathedral church of the Diocese of Spiš (historical)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3964023 — 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 Spiš
Context triple: [Spišská Kapitula, diocese, Roman Catholic Diocese of Spiš]

A. Diocese of Eisenstadt
The Diocese of Eisenstadt is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Austria, centered in the city of Eisenstadt and serving the faithful of the Burgenland region.
B. Eparchy of Košice
The Eparchy of Košice is an Eastern Catholic diocese of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church based in Košice, Slovakia, serving Byzantine Rite faithful in the region.
C. Eparchy of Bratislava
The Eparchy of Bratislava is an Eastern Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church based in Slovakia’s capital, serving Byzantine Rite faithful in the western part of the country.
D. Eparchy of Presov
The Eparchy of Prešov is an Eastern Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction based in Slovakia that serves Byzantine Rite faithful of the Ruthenian tradition.
E. Roman Catholic Diocese of Székesfehérvár
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Székesfehérvár is an ecclesiastical territory of the Latin Church in Hungary, centered in the historic city of Székesfehérvár and subordinate to the Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest.
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 Spiš
Target entity description: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Spiš is a historic ecclesiastical territory in northern Slovakia, centered in the town of Spišská Kapitula and serving as a key religious and cultural institution in the Spiš region.

A. Diocese of Eisenstadt
The Diocese of Eisenstadt is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Austria, centered in the city of Eisenstadt and serving the faithful of the Burgenland region.
B. Eparchy of Košice
The Eparchy of Košice is an Eastern Catholic diocese of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church based in Košice, Slovakia, serving Byzantine Rite faithful in the region.
C. Eparchy of Bratislava
The Eparchy of Bratislava is an Eastern Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church based in Slovakia’s capital, serving Byzantine Rite faithful in the western part of the country.
D. Eparchy of Presov
The Eparchy of Prešov is an Eastern Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction based in Slovakia that serves Byzantine Rite faithful of the Ruthenian tradition.
E. Roman Catholic Diocese of Székesfehérvár
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Székesfehérvár is an ecclesiastical territory of the Latin Church in Hungary, centered in the historic city of Székesfehérvár and subordinate to the Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Latin Catholic diocese ⓘ Roman Catholic diocese ⓘ ecclesiastical territory ⓘ
associatedWith	Spiš Castle area ⓘ linked to: Spiš region cultural landscape Spišská Kapitula ecclesiastical complex ⓘ linked to: Spišská Kapitula
belongsTo	Catholic Church in Slovakia ⓘ
borderedBy	other dioceses in Slovakia ⓘ
cathedral	Cathedral of St. Martin in Spišská Kapitula ⓘ linked to: Spišská Kapitula
country	Slovakia ⓘ
culturalRole	important cultural institution in northern Slovakia ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
ecclesiasticalProvince	Ecclesiastical province of Košice ⓘ linked to: Ecclesiastical Province of Košice
elevatedFrom	Territory previously belonging to the Diocese of Eger ⓘ
establishedAsDiocese	1776 ⓘ
function	administration of parishes in its territory ⓘ pastoral care of Catholics in the Spiš region ⓘ preservation of religious cultural heritage in Spiš ⓘ religious education and catechesis ⓘ
governedBy	canon law of the Catholic Church ⓘ
governingBody	Bishop of Spiš ⓘ
hasBuilding	bishop’s residence in Spišská Kapitula ⓘ
hasClergy	diocesan priests ⓘ religious priests ⓘ
hasFaithful	Roman Catholics in the Spiš region ⓘ
hasType	historic diocese ⓘ
heritageRole	key religious institution in the Spiš region ⓘ
heritageStatus	center of a historically significant church complex in Spišská Kapitula ⓘ
historicalRegion	Spiš ⓘ
jurisdiction	diocese ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy	Latin ⓘ Slovak ⓘ
locatedIn	Spiš region ⓘ northern Slovakia ⓘ
metropolitanSee	Archdiocese of Košice ⓘ linked to: Ecclesiastical Province of Košice
partOf	Latin hierarchy in Slovakia ⓘ
primaryTown	Spišská Kapitula ⓘ
region	Spiš ⓘ
rite	Roman Rite ⓘ
seat	Spišská Kapitula ⓘ
subordinateTo	Holy See ⓘ
suiIurisChurch	Latin Church ⓘ linked to: Latin Church worldwide
territorialJurisdiction	parts of northern Slovakia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spišská Kapitula → diocese → Roman Catholic Diocese of Spiš ⓘ

Church of St. Andrew → partOf → Roman Catholic Diocese of Ružomberok ⓘ

linked to: Roman Catholic Diocese of Spiš

Catholic Church in Slovakia → hasDiocese → Roman Catholic Diocese of Spiš ⓘ

Basilica of St James, Levoča → diocese → Roman Catholic Diocese of Spiš ⓘ

Cathedral of St. Martin → function → cathedral church of the Diocese of Spiš (historical) ⓘ