Calvary Cemetery

Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States

Change Your Language

close

You can change the language of the BillionGraves website by changing the default language of your browser.

Learn More
English
Register

My Photo Requests

Not finding what you are looking for?

Make a photo request to let nearby users know who you are looking for. Make a Photo Request

Add Records to Calvary Cemetery

Do you have records from Calvary Cemetery?

Add your records to BillionGraves and make them last forever. Add headstone images Add Other Records

Get Started

Get started contributing to Calvary Cemetery. Use the button below to begin a simple step by step process to get started contributing to Calvary Cemetery.
Get Started
Transcribed Records
Untranscribed Images
Flagged Images

Add Records to Calvary Cemetery

Do you have records from Calvary Cemetery?

Add your records to BillionGraves and make them last forever. Add headstone images Add Other Records

Events at Calvary Cemetery

There are no upcoming events scheduled at Calvary Cemetery. Use the button below to schedule one.
Schedule Event
Schedule Event
close
Step 1: Name your event
Step 2: Pick a date
Step 3: Pick a time

Contributors

More

Images

    BG App Images    Supporting Record Images
1 - 60 navigate_before navigate_next

Images of Cemetery

add

Cemetery Information

edit

Number of Images

899

Number of Headstone Records

293

Number of Supporting Records

667

Description

In the 1850s Indianapolis Catholics began a search for ground for a consecrated cemetery. The custom of burying family members on the farm or on the grounds of their church was becoming impractical. Msgr. Auguste Francois Bessonies, Pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish and Vicar General of the Diocese of Vincennes, began the search for burial ground for his parishioners. He himself paid for an eighteen acre plot on Bluff Road and established the first Catholic Cemetery in Indianapolis. Originally named St. John Cemetery, in 1891 the cemetery was named Holy Cross Cemetery. In 1870, a second Catholic cemetery, German Cemetery, was established. It later became St. Joseph Cemetery and eventually merged with Holy Cross Cemetery to become part of the Holy Cross Cemeteries Association. In 1914, anticipating future needs, the Holy Cross Cemeteries Association purchased approximately seventy acres of land less than a mile south of the original cemeteries. In 1935, Calvary Cemetery was developed on that land. In 1951, all three cemeteries were joined under the Catholic Cemeteries Association. Calvary Cemetery 435 W. Troy Avenue, Indianapolis, 46225 Phone: 317-784-4439
BillionGraves.com
Calvary Cemetery, Created by lesabgunn, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States