St. Mary Cemetery, Pittsburgh

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St. Mary Cemetery is a Roman Catholic burial ground located at 45th and Penn Avenues in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

The 44-acre tract of land was established as a cemetery in 1849 at a cost of $20,000, six years after the founding of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. As of 2001, it has 99,882 interments.

Contents 1 Notable burials 2 References 3 External links 4 See also

[edit] Notable burials

Bishops

• Hugh Charles Boyle (1873-1950)
• Regis Canevin (1853-1927)
• Richard Phelan (1828-1904)

Others

• Joseph M. Barr, Mayor of Pittsburgh (1906-1982)
• Thomas Enright, soldier (1887-1917)

[edit] References

• Kidney, Walter C. (1997). Pittsburgh's Landmark Architecture: The Historic Buildings of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. ISBN 0-916670-18-X. 

[edit] External links

• Catholic Cemeteries Association, Diocese of Pittsburgh website

[edit] See also

• List of United States cemeteries