Secretary General of the Spanish Episcopal Conference

E940848

administrative position ecclesiastical office executive position

The Secretary General of the Spanish Episcopal Conference is the senior administrative and executive officer responsible for coordinating the conference’s activities, implementing its decisions, and managing its day-to-day operations within the Catholic Church in Spain.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Secretario General de la Conferencia Episcopal Española	1
Secretary General of the Spanish Episcopal Conference canonical	1
general secretariat of the Spanish Episcopal Conference	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11691244 — 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: Secretary General of the Spanish Episcopal Conference
Context triple: [Spanish Episcopal Conference, officeHeldBy, Secretary General of the Spanish Episcopal Conference]

A. Secretary-General of the Italian Episcopal Conference
The Secretary-General of the Italian Episcopal Conference is the chief administrative and executive officer responsible for coordinating the conference’s activities and implementing its decisions within the Catholic Church in Italy.
B. President of the Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe
The President of the Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe is the leading prelate who coordinates and represents the collective activities and positions of the Catholic bishops' conferences across Europe.
C. Archbishop of San Salvador
The Archbishop of San Salvador is the senior Roman Catholic prelate leading the Archdiocese of San Salvador, a role historically associated with prominent advocacy for social justice in El Salvador.
D. Archbishop of Seville
The Archbishop of Seville is the senior Roman Catholic prelate overseeing the Archdiocese of Seville, historically one of Spain’s most influential ecclesiastical and cultural centers.
E. Spanish ambassador to the Holy See
The Spanish ambassador to the Holy See is Spain’s chief diplomatic representative to the Vatican, responsible for managing relations between the Spanish government and the Holy See.
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: Secretary General of the Spanish Episcopal Conference
Target entity description: The Secretary General of the Spanish Episcopal Conference is the senior administrative and executive officer responsible for coordinating the conference’s activities, implementing its decisions, and managing its day-to-day operations within the Catholic Church in Spain.

A. Secretary-General of the Italian Episcopal Conference
The Secretary-General of the Italian Episcopal Conference is the chief administrative and executive officer responsible for coordinating the conference’s activities and implementing its decisions within the Catholic Church in Italy.
B. President of the Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe
The President of the Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe is the leading prelate who coordinates and represents the collective activities and positions of the Catholic bishops' conferences across Europe.
C. Archbishop of San Salvador
The Archbishop of San Salvador is the senior Roman Catholic prelate leading the Archdiocese of San Salvador, a role historically associated with prominent advocacy for social justice in El Salvador.
D. Archbishop of Seville
The Archbishop of Seville is the senior Roman Catholic prelate overseeing the Archdiocese of Seville, historically one of Spain’s most influential ecclesiastical and cultural centers.
E. Spanish ambassador to the Holy See
The Spanish ambassador to the Holy See is Spain’s chief diplomatic representative to the Vatican, responsible for managing relations between the Spanish government and the Holy See.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative position ⓘ ecclesiastical office ⓘ executive position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Catholic Church in Spain ⓘ
appointedBy	Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ
associatedWith	Roman Catholic hierarchy in Spain ⓘ
coordinates	implementation of pastoral plans approved by the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ preparation of plenary assemblies of the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ relations between the commissions of the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
domain	church governance in Spain ⓘ ecclesiastical administration ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	staff of the general secretariat of the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	general administration of the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ implementation of conference resolutions ⓘ
hasTitleInSpanish	Secretario General de la Conferencia Episcopal Española ⓘ linked to: Secretary General of the Spanish Episcopal Conference
language	Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis	statutes of the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ
locatedIn	Madrid ⓘ
memberOf	standing bodies of the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ
officeHeldBy	auxiliary bishop ⓘ bishop ⓘ priest ⓘ
oversees	general secretariat of the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ linked to: Secretary General of the Spanish Episcopal Conference technical and administrative services of the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ
partOf	Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ
religion	Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
reportsTo	President of the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ
responsibleFor	administrative correspondence of the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ archiving official documents of the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ budgetary and administrative execution under the direction of the competent bodies of the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ communication of conference decisions to dioceses in Spain ⓘ coordinating the activities of the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ implementing the decisions of the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ managing the day-to-day operations of the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ supporting the President and Permanent Commission of the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ
roleInOrganization	senior administrative officer ⓘ senior executive officer ⓘ
scopeOfWork	national ⓘ
seat	headquarters of the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ
termLength	fixed term defined by the statutes of the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ
typeOfOrganizationServed	episcopal conference ⓘ
worksWith	Spanish bishops ⓘ diocesan curias in Spain ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Spanish Episcopal Conference → officeHeldBy → Secretary General of the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

Secretary General of the Spanish Episcopal Conference → oversees → general secretariat of the Spanish Episcopal Conference ⓘ

linked to: Secretary General of the Spanish Episcopal Conference

Secretary General of the Spanish Episcopal Conference → hasTitleInSpanish → Secretario General de la Conferencia Episcopal Española ⓘ