Holy Cross Cemetery (Yeadon, Pennsylvania)
Holy Cross Cemetery is an active cemetery owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia located in Yeadon, Pennsylvania. Established in 1890, Holy Cross was operated by the Archdiocese until 2014 when it turned over the care of its 13 cemeteries to StoneMor Inc.
| Holy Cross Cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1890 |
| Location | 626 Baily Road, Yeadon, Pennsylvania, US |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 39.93080°N 75.25560°W |
| Type | Roman Catholic |
| Owned by | Archdiocese of Philadelphia |
| Size | 225 acres (91 ha) |
| No. of graves | >150,000 |
| Website | Philadelphia Catholic Cemeteries |
| Find a Grave | Holy Cross Cemetery |
| The Political Graveyard | Holy Cross Cemetery |
| Footnotes | Managed by StoneMor, Inc |
Holy Cross was one of the busiest cemeteries in the Philadelphia region during the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918, requiring the employ of over 100 seminarians to bury the dead.
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