en Gate of Heaven Cemetery (East Hanover, New Jersey)

Gate Cemetery

Details
Established	1937 ^[1]
Location	East Hanover, New Jersey
Country	United States
Coordinates	40°48′58″N 74°22′26″W / 40.816°N 74.374°W / 40.816; -74.374
Type	Catholic
Owned by	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark
Size	128 acres (0.52 km²) ^[1]
No. of graves	81,000 ^[1]
Website	Gate of Heaven Cemetery

Gate of Heaven Cemetery is a cemetery located in East Hanover Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. The cemetery is operated under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. It opened in 1937 and had 81,000 burials through 2002. 100 of the cemetery's original 128 acres (0.52 km²) have been developed. Construction started in 1989 on Chapel Mausoleum, which was planned to include 10,000 crypts.^[1]

Notable burials

Hugh Joseph Addonizio (1914–1981), New Jersey politician.
Yogi Berra (1925–2015), Baseball Hall of Fame New York Yankee.
Denise Borino-Quinn (1964–2010), actress
Ownie Carroll (1902–1975), Major League Baseball pitcher.^[2]
James Anthony Grogan (1938–2022), Former President International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers.
Eugene Francis Kinkead (1876–1960), New Jersey politician.
Tony Mottola (1918–2004), guitarist who played with Frank Sinatra.
Karen Ann Quinlan (1954–1985), right to die debate figure.^[3]
Peter W. Rodino (1909–2005), U.S. congressman.
Anne Ryan (1889–1954), artist of the New York School of Abstract Expressionism
Arthur Walsh (1896–1947), U.S. senator.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Gate of Heaven Cemetery". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. Archived from the original on 2006-08-24. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
^ Ownie Carroll Stats, Baseball Almanac. Accessed August 19, 2007.
^ "Tearful Rites for Karen Quinlan", Bergen Record, June 16, 1985. Accessed August 4, 2007. "A procession of about 75 cars then drove to Gate of Heaven Cemetery in East Hanover."

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Bishops	James Roosevelt Bayley Michael Corrigan Winand Wigger John O'Connor
Archbishops	Thomas J. Walsh Thomas Aloysius Boland Peter Leo Gerety Theodore McCarrick John J. Myers Joseph W. Tobin
Coadjutor Archbishop	Bernard Hebda
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Higher education	Seton Hall University Caldwell University Felician College Saint Peter's University
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Former	Benedictine Academy, Elizabeth Holy Family Academy, Bayonne Marist High School, Bayonne Queen of Peace High School, North Arlington St. Anthony High School, Jersey City St. Cecilia High School, Englewood
Grade schools	St. Anne School, Fair Lawn All Saints Catholic Academy, Bayonne

v t e Clergy of the Archdiocese of Newark
Auxiliary bishops	Thomas Aloysius Boland Paul Gregory Bootkoski Joseph Arthur Costello Edgar Moreira da Cunha Manuel Aurelio Cruz Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio Gaetano Aldo Donato John Joseph Dougherty John Walter Flesey Joseph Abel Francis Robert Francis Garner William A. Griffin Elias R. Lorenzo Dominic Anthony Marconi Justin J. McCarthy Charles James McDonnell James T. McHugh Thomas Henry McLaughlin Jerome Arthur Pechillo David Arias Pérez Michael Angelo Saltarelli Michael A. Saporito Arthur J. Serratelli John M. Smith Martin Walter Stanton Gregory J. Studerus
Priests	Peter Baldacchino Harold P. Darcy Robert Seton Charles J. Watters

v t e Cemeteries in the Archdiocese of Newark
Gate of Heaven Cemetery (East Hanover) Holy Cross Cemetery (North Arlington) Holy Name Cemetery (Jersey City) Mount Olivet Cemetery (Newark) Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (East Orange) Saint Peter's Cemetery (Jersey City)

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