| Gate of Heaven Cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Established | June 17, 1956 |
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| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 39°04′59″N 77°04′26″W / 39.0830492°N 77.0739797°W |
| Type | Roman Catholic |
| Style | Traditional lawn |
| Owned by | Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Washington, Inc. |
| Size | 92 acres (37.23 ha)
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| Website | www |
| Find a Grave | Gate of Heaven Cemetery |
| The Political Graveyard | Gate of Heaven Cemetery |
| Footnotes | "Gate of Heaven Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. September 12, 1979. Retrieved January 17, 2019. |
Gate of Heaven Cemetery is a cemetery located in the Aspen Hill section of Silver Spring, Maryland, in the United States. It is operated and maintained by the Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Washington, Inc.[1] At the time of the cemetery's consecration in 1956, it was the first Roman Catholic archdiocesan cemetery to open in the Washington metropolitan area in 70 years. The grounds of Gate of Heaven Cemetery are centered around a series of internal roads and pathways, which in combination, form the shape of the Latin Cross.[2][3]
- ^ "History of the Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Washington". CCAW.org. Archived from the original on August 20, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
These cemeteries were operated by the Archdiocese and independent of each other. Each cemetery had its own management and operating structure, its own accounting department, and its own operating policies. While this loosely knit plan was an improvement over past practices, it too left room for improvement. In 1978, the Archdiocese developed and implemented a formal management plan to further modernize the operation of Archdiocesan cemeteries. The plan called for Archdiocesan cemeteries to be consolidated into one organization, and so, the Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Washington, Inc. was formed and incorporated. The Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Washington, Inc., presently consists of five major cemeteries and two minor cemeteries which were former parish cemeteries.
- ^ "Introduction – Gate of Heaven Cemetery". CCAW.org. Archived from the original on January 19, 2019. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
- ^ "Index Map – Gate of Heaven Cemetery – Montgomery County, Maryland" (PDF). CCAW.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 28, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2019.