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It was founded in 1886 with the purchase of a 200-acre (80-hectare) tract. The first official interment occurred in 1888, though there are graves with earlier dates. As of 2008, 152,238 entombments have been recorded at Calvary Cemetery. It remains the largest of the cemeteries in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh.
On April 15, 2020, a man filed a lawsuit against the Diocese of Pittsburgh for allegedly shielding priests who sexually abused him as a boy. [76] On August 7, 2020, a new lawsuit was filed against the Diocese of Pittsburgh from a man alleging that Leo Burchianti attacked and raped him twice when he was an altar boy. [77]
Hugh Boyle was born on October 8, 1873, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, one of nine children of Charles and Anna (née Keelan) Boyle. [1] His father was an Irish immigrant who worked as a coal miner. [2]
It is adjacent (just south) of the city's slightly older and much larger Allegheny Cemetery. A chain-link fence separates the two cemeteries. The 44-acre (180,000 m 2) 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 2008, it has more than ...
Pope John Paul II accepted Leonard's resignation as Bishop of Pittsburgh on June 30, 1983, due to arthritis. [6] Vincent Leonard died on August 28, 1994, from pneumonia at the Little Sisters of the Poor Home in Pittsburgh, at age 85. [3] He is buried in Calvary Cemetery in the Hazelwood neighborhood of Pittsburgh. [7]
In May, 1901, the counties of Cambria, Blair, Bedford, Huntingdon, and Somerset were taken from the Diocese of Pittsburg to form, with several counties from the Diocese of Harrisburg, the new Diocese of Altoona. [7] Phelan automatically became bishop of Pittsburgh upon the death of Bishop Tuigg on December 7, 1889. [3]
In 2007, the former St. Mary's buildings were purchased by the Catholic Cemeteries Association, which administers the adjacent St. Mary Cemetery. The church building was converted into a chapel for the cemetery. [2]
Claim and Harpster St., Troy Hill, Pittsburgh Part of the Shrines of Pittsburgh Mother of Good Counsel 7705 Bennett St., Homewood, Pittsburgh Mother of Good Counsel (1907–1992) St. Charles Lwanga (1992–2020) St. Mary Magdalene (2020–) [23] [11] Newman Center (Slippery Rock University) 342 Normal Ave., Slippery Rock: Part of St. Faustina ...