Diocese of Rockville Centre

E82865

Roman Catholic diocese ecclesiastical jurisdiction

The Diocese of Rockville Centre is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction on Long Island, New York, serving a large Catholic population in Nassau and Suffolk counties.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Diocese of Rockville Centre canonical	10
Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre	8

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T538915 — 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: Diocese of Rockville Centre
Context triple: [Archdiocese of New York, provinceIncludesSuffraganDiocese, Diocese of Rockville Centre]

A. Diocese of Brooklyn
The Diocese of Brooklyn is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in New York City that serves the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens.
B. Diocese of Rochester
The Diocese of Rochester is one of the historic dioceses of the Church of England, centered on Rochester in Kent and serving parishes in the southeast of England.
C. Diocese of Ogdensburg
The Diocese of Ogdensburg is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northern New York State, serving the faithful across a largely rural region along the Canadian border.
D. Diocese of Buffalo
The Diocese of Buffalo is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in western New York State, centered in the city of Buffalo and responsible for overseeing local parishes, clergy, and ministries in its region.
E. Episcopal Diocese of Long Island
The Episcopal Diocese of Long Island is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States that serves congregations in Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk counties in New York.
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: Diocese of Rockville Centre
Target entity description: The Diocese of Rockville Centre is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction on Long Island, New York, serving a large Catholic population in Nassau and Suffolk counties.

A. Diocese of Brooklyn
The Diocese of Brooklyn is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in New York City that serves the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens.
B. Diocese of Rochester
The Diocese of Rochester is one of the historic dioceses of the Church of England, centered on Rochester in Kent and serving parishes in the southeast of England.
C. Diocese of Ogdensburg
The Diocese of Ogdensburg is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northern New York State, serving the faithful across a largely rural region along the Canadian border.
D. Diocese of Buffalo
The Diocese of Buffalo is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in western New York State, centered in the city of Buffalo and responsible for overseeing local parishes, clergy, and ministries in its region.
E. Episcopal Diocese of Long Island
The Episcopal Diocese of Long Island is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States that serves congregations in Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk counties in New York.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman Catholic diocese ⓘ ecclesiastical jurisdiction ⓘ
belongsToConference	United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ⓘ
cathedral	Cathedral of Saint Agnes ⓘ linked to: St. Agnes Cathedral
cathedralLocatedIn	Rockville Centre, New York ⓘ linked to: Rockville Centre
country	United States of America ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
episcopalSee	Rockville Centre, New York ⓘ linked to: Rockville Centre
establishedBy	Pope Pius XII ⓘ
governedBy	diocesan bishop ⓘ
hasCathedralTitle	St. Agnes Cathedral ⓘ
hasClergyType	deacons ⓘ diocesan priests ⓘ religious priests ⓘ
hasInstitutionType	Catholic school ⓘ campus ministry ⓘ elementary school ⓘ high school ⓘ hospital chaplaincy ⓘ parish ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	parishes in Nassau County, New York ⓘ parishes in Suffolk County, New York ⓘ
hasPastoralActivity	Catholic education ⓘ charitable services ⓘ religious education ⓘ sacramental ministry ⓘ youth ministry ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	Long Island ⓘ Nassau County, New York ⓘ New York ⓘ Suffolk County, New York ⓘ
metropolitanSee	Archdiocese of New York ⓘ
partOf	Catholic Church in the United States ⓘ
province	Ecclesiastical Province of New York ⓘ
region	Northeastern United States ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
rite	Roman Rite ⓘ
servesPopulation	Catholics in Nassau County, New York ⓘ Catholics in Suffolk County, New York ⓘ
suiIurisChurch	Latin Church ⓘ linked to: Latin Church worldwide
territoryTakenFrom	Diocese of Brooklyn ⓘ
type	diocese ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

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

Archdiocese of New York → provinceIncludesSuffraganDiocese → Diocese of Rockville Centre ⓘ

Ecclesiastical Province of New York → hasSuffraganDiocese → Diocese of Rockville Centre ⓘ

Rockville Centre, New York → isSeeOf → Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre ⓘ

subject linked to: Rockville Centre, New York, United States