Mount Calvary Cemetery in Wheeling, West Virginia

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Get directions Wheeling, West Virginia, USA

Coordinates: 40.06030, -80.67110
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Prior to 1851, Roman Catholics in Wheeling, West Virginia possessed no dedicated ecclesiastical location for burial of their dead. Bishop Richard V. Whelan secured several small locations (Catholic Cemetery, Hempfield Cemetery, and Manchester Cemetery) which became full and necessitated a more commodious location. Mount Calvary Cemetery was established about 4 miles east of downtown Wheeling at 1685 National Road. In 1876, the cornerstone was laid and the grounds were designed by Bishop Whelan for exclusive use of Catholics in the area. Today, the cemetery includes nearly 100 acres of land featuring a Bishop's Chapel that was completed in 1879 and contains the remains of many of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston's bishops.
Mt. Calvary Cemetery also contains a designated "Peninsula" section which includes bodies of Catholics who were moved from Wheeling's Peninsula Cemetery.
Research related to the cemetery may be found at the Ohio County Public Library, Wheeling, West Virginia.
The cemetery is active and advises that "Burial arrangements in a Catholic cemetery are facilitated through the diocesan cemetery office for the diocesan cemetery. The funeral home selected by the family is usually able to provide guidance. When an easement is not already held, selections must be made at the cemetery. It is expected that all Catholic committals in Catholic cemeteries will be celebrated by a priest, deacon, or pastoral minister from the parish of the deceased."