About Boston Catholic Cemetery
Boston Catholic Cemetery is a catholic cemetery near Oak Hill Park, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It lies about 0.7 mi southwest of Oak Hill Park. The grounds sit at about 125 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1972125. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Benedict Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is P.E. Murray F.J. Higgins George F Doherty and Sons Funeral Home in West Roxbury, about 1.5 mi away. It is one of 284 cemeteries we list in Middlesex County, and 119 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Middlesex County dates to 1649. 9 of the 284 listings in Middlesex County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Oak Hill Park. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.29982, -71.17283
What Boston Catholic Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Mount Benedict CemeteryBrook Farm, MACatholic cemetery0.3 mi
- Saint Josephs CemeteryOak Hill Park, MACatholic cemetery0.4 mi
- Saint Josephs CemeteryOak Hill Park, MACemetery0.7 mi
- Mount Lebanon CemeteryOak Hill Park, MACemetery0.7 mi
- Gethsemane CemeteryOak Hill Park, MACemetery0.9 mi
- Saint Josephs CemeteryBrook Farm, MACatholic cemetery0.9 mi
- Walnut Hills CemeteryBellevue, MACemetery1.3 mi
- Holyhood CemeteryChestnut Hill, MACemetery1.4 mi
- Westerly Burying GroundHighland, MACemetery1.5 mi
- South Burying GroundNewton Highlands, MACemetery2.2 mi
Funeral homes near Boston Catholic Cemetery
- P.E. Murray F.J. Higgins George F Doherty and Sons Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · West Roxbury · (617) 325-2000
- Gormley Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · West Roxbury · (617) 323-8600
- Kfoury Keefe Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Boston · (617) 325-3600
- Brady & Fallon Funeral Service Inc3.1 miFuneral home · Boston · (617) 524-0861
- Joseph Russo Funeral Home Inc3.2 miFuneral home · Boston · (617) 325-7300
- Stanetsky Memorial Chapel3.3 miFuneral chapel · Brookline · (617) 232-9300
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Frequently asked questions
Is Boston Catholic Cemetery a Catholic cemetery?
Our records list a Catholic affiliation, based on its official name. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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