Resurrection Cemetery (Mendota Heights, Minnesota)

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Resurrection Cemetery
The graves of the bishops in the clergy section of the cemetery
Details
Location	2101 Lexington Ave. S. Mendota Heights, MN 55120
No. of interments	45,000
Website	Official website
Find a Grave	Resurrection Cemetery

Resurrection Cemetery is a Catholic cemetery in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, established in 1940.

History

With Calvary Cemetery running out of room, Resurrection cemetery was estabolished in 1940. Archbishop John Gregory Murray consecrated the cemetery on June 30, 1940. With land in Minnesota rapidly being purchased, and seeing the need to secure land for Catholic burials, Archbishop Austin Dowling had purchased 350 acres of prairie in Mendota for $400,000 some years prior.

Resurrection began offering green burials in 2019, in an area dedicated that May by Archbishop Bernard Hebda. A section is dedicated especially to the burial of priests and bishops.

Notable interments

Leo Binz, archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis from 1962 to 1975
Leo Christopher Byrne, coadjutor archbishop Saint Paul and Minneapolis from 1967 to 1974
Harry Joseph Flynn, archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis from 1995 to 2008
John Gregory Murray
John Roach, archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis from 1975 to 1995

References

^ Hrbacek, Dave (October 10, 2019). "Archbishop laid to rest at Resurrection Cemetery" (PDF). The Catholic Spirit. p. 8A. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
"7,500 Witness Ceremonies at New Cemetery". Minneapolis Tribune. July 1, 1940. p. 7. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
Reardon, James Michael (1952). The Catholic Church in the Diocese of St. Paul : from earliest origin to centennial achievement : a factual narrative. Saint Paul, Minnesota: North Central Publishing Company.
Johnson, Jasmine (July 20, 2019). "'Everything is biodegradable, including you.' A Catholic cemetery in Mendota Heights offers green burial". Twin Cities. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
"Resurrection Cemetery". The Catholic Cemeteries. Retrieved December 31, 2024.

v t e Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
Ordinaries	Bishops Joseph Crétin Thomas Grace Archbishops John Ireland Austin Dowling John Gregory Murray William O. Brady Leo Binz John Roach Harry Joseph Flynn John Clayton Nienstedt Bernard Hebda Coadjutor archbishop Leo Christopher Byrne
Auxiliary bishops	John Jeremiah Lawler James J. Byrne Leonard Philip Cowley Gerald Francis O'Keefe James P. Shannon John Roach Raymond Alphonse Lucker Paul Vincent Dudley John Francis Kinney William Henry Bullock James Richard Ham Robert James Carlson Joseph Charron Lawrence Welsh Frederick F. Campbell Richard Pates Lee A. Piché Andrew H. Cozzens Joseph Andrew Williams Michael Izen Kevin Kenney
Churches	Cathedrals Cathedral of Saint Paul Basilica of Saint Mary Former cathedrals First Second Third Parishes Guardian Angels Church, Chaska St. Peter's Church, Mendota Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Minneapolis Church of St. Stephen, Minneapolis Church of St. Wenceslaus, New Prague Church of St. Mark, Saint Paul Church of St. Mary, New Trier Church of St. Michael, St. Michael Church of the Assumption, St. Paul Church of St. Agnes, St. Paul Church of St. Bernard, St. Paul Church of St. Casimir, St. Paul St. Mary's Church of the Purification, Marystown Church of the Annunciation, Webster Township Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Wheatland Township Historic Church of St. Hubertus, Chanhassen Chapel Our Lady of Victory Chapel
Education	Higher education St. Catherine University University of St. Thomas Seminaries Saint John Vianney College Seminary Saint Paul Seminary Nazareth Hall Preparatory Seminary (defunct) High schools Academy of Holy Angels, Richfield Benilde-St. Margaret's, St. Louis Park Bethlehem Academy, Faribault Chesterton Academy, Edina Convent of the Visitation, Mendota Heights Cretin-Derham Hall, St. Paul Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, Minneapolis DeLaSalle High School, Minneapolis Hill-Murray School, Maplewood Holy Family Catholic High School, Victoria Providence Academy, Plymouth Saint Agnes School, St. Paul Saint Thomas Academy, Mendota Heights Totino-Grace High School, Fridley
Priests	Joseph Francis Busch Peter F. Christensen Alexander Christie Jozef Cieminski James Louis Connolly Timothy J. Corbett Donald DeGrood James Albert Duffy Hilary Baumann Hacker Patrick Richard Heffron Patrick J. Hessian Michael Joncas James Keane Kevin Kenney John M. LeVoir James McGolrick Francis Missia Thomas O'Gorman Augustin Ravoux James Michael Reardon James O'Reilly Jakub W.J. Pacholski John A. Ryan Patrick J. Ryan Francis Joseph Schenk Alphonse James Schladweiler John Shanley Paul Sirba John Stariha Tim Vakoc Thomas Anthony Welch
Cemeteries	Calvary Cemetery Resurrection Cemetery
Other	The Catholic Spirit Ninth National Eucharistic Congress
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