Dicastery for the Evangelization

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department of the Holy See dicastery of the Roman Curia

The Dicastery for the Evangelization is a major department of the Holy See responsible for directing and coordinating the Catholic Church’s missionary activity and efforts to spread the Gospel worldwide.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Dicastery for Evangelization	32
Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples	10
Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (historically as vicariate)	1
Dicastery for Evangelization leadership	1
Dicastery for the Evangelization canonical	1
Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization	1
offices of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T66311 — 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: Dicastery for the Evangelization
Context triple: [Roman Curia, hasPart, Dicastery for the Evangelization]

A. Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith is the Vatican department responsible for promoting and safeguarding Catholic doctrine and morals within the global Church.
B. Apostolic Penitentiary
The Apostolic Penitentiary is a high-level tribunal of the Catholic Church responsible for matters of the internal forum, including the granting of absolutions, dispensations, and indulgences reserved to the Holy See.
C. Apostolic Signatura
The Apostolic Signatura is the Catholic Church’s highest judicial authority and supreme court, overseeing the administration of justice within the Church under the authority of the Holy See.
D. Roman Curia
The Roman Curia is the central administrative apparatus of the Holy See that assists the Pope in governing the worldwide Catholic Church.
E. Apostolic Nunciature
The Apostolic Nunciature is the Holy See’s diplomatic mission to a state or international organization, functioning like an embassy and headed by a papal nuncio who represents the Pope.
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: Dicastery for the Evangelization
Target entity description: The Dicastery for the Evangelization is a major department of the Holy See responsible for directing and coordinating the Catholic Church’s missionary activity and efforts to spread the Gospel worldwide.

A. Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith is the Vatican department responsible for promoting and safeguarding Catholic doctrine and morals within the global Church.
B. Apostolic Penitentiary
The Apostolic Penitentiary is a high-level tribunal of the Catholic Church responsible for matters of the internal forum, including the granting of absolutions, dispensations, and indulgences reserved to the Holy See.
C. Apostolic Signatura
The Apostolic Signatura is the Catholic Church’s highest judicial authority and supreme court, overseeing the administration of justice within the Church under the authority of the Holy See.
D. Roman Curia
The Roman Curia is the central administrative apparatus of the Holy See that assists the Pope in governing the worldwide Catholic Church.
E. Apostolic Nunciature
The Apostolic Nunciature is the Holy See’s diplomatic mission to a state or international organization, functioning like an embassy and headed by a papal nuncio who represents the Pope.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	department of the Holy See ⓘ dicastery of the Roman Curia ⓘ
basedIn	Apostolic Palace ⓘ
belongsTo	Roman Catholic Church governance structure ⓘ
country	Vatican City State ⓘ linked to: Vatican City
createdBy	Pope Francis ⓘ
field	evangelization ⓘ missionary work ⓘ pastoral care ⓘ
foundationDate	2022-06-05 ⓘ
governs	mission territories of the Catholic Church ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	missionary dioceses and apostolic vicariates ⓘ
hasMotto	evangelization ⓘ
hasPredecessor	Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide ⓘ
hasSection	Section for First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches ⓘ Section for Fundamental Questions of Evangelization in the World ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Pope Francis ⓘ
jurisdiction	Holy See ⓘ
language	Italian ⓘ Latin ⓘ
legalBasis	apostolic constitution Praedicate Evangelium ⓘ linked to: Apostolic Constitution "Praedicate Evangelium"
location	Vatican City ⓘ
mission	promotion of evangelization in territories dependent on the Holy See ⓘ promotion of new evangelization in traditionally Christian countries ⓘ support of particular Churches in missionary territories ⓘ
oversees	allocation of resources for missionary activities ⓘ formation of clergy in mission territories ⓘ promotion of the Gospel in non-Christian environments ⓘ
parentOrganization	Holy See ⓘ
partOf	Roman Curia ⓘ
prefect	Pope Francis ⓘ
presidentTitle	prefect ⓘ
religion	Catholicism ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
replaces	Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples ⓘ linked to: Dicastery for the Evangelization Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization ⓘ linked to: Dicastery for the Evangelization
responsibleFor	coordination of missionary activities of the Catholic Church ⓘ oversight of the Pontifical Mission Societies ⓘ promotion of catechesis related to evangelization ⓘ support of missionary institutes and societies of apostolic life ⓘ
scope	worldwide ⓘ
seat	Vatican City ⓘ
subordinateTo	Pope ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction	central administrative body of the Catholic Church ⓘ
use	coordinating efforts to spread the Gospel worldwide ⓘ directing missionary activity of the Catholic Church ⓘ
website	https://www.vatican.va ⓘ

How these facts were elicited