The Jesuit Community Cemetery on the campus of

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, is the final resting place for

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who were affiliated with the university. It was first established in 1808 and was moved to its present location in 1854.

History

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The Jesuit cemetery was originally established in 1808 at the southern end of

Healy Hall Healy Hall is a National Historic Landmark and the flagship building of the main campus of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Constructed between 1877 and 1879, the hall was designed by Paul J. Pelz and John L. Smithmeyer, both of whom also ...

. The first person buried there was Thomas Kelly, S.J. on August 16, 1808. With the construction of Maguire Hall, university administrators ordered the cemetery to be moved to its present location in 1854, so that it would not be immediately next to the hall. This required the exhumation and relocation of the remains of 46 Jesuits. In 1964, a senior administrator proposed to university president Edward B. Bunn the idea of exhuming the bodies once again and removing them to the cemetery at

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in Maryland, as doing so would free up approximately one acre of land on the campus that could be used for building. Today, the cemetery is situated in the middle of Georgetown's campus, between the

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and Harbin Hall. , the cemetery is the resting place for 350 Jesuits, 17 of whom served as president of Georgetown University. It is the oldest of the cemeteries owned by the university. As with other Jesuit cemeteries around the world, all of the headstones are uniform. Many of the headstones are marked in Latin with to indicate that the decedent was a Jesuit brother, or to indicate that the decedent was a priest or scholastic (Jesuit priest in training).

Notable interments

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Among the notable burials are: * Robert W. Brady * Timothy Brosnahan * Edward B. Bunn *

Gerard Campbell Gerard John Campbell (August 26, 1919August 9, 2012) was an American Catholic priest, Jesuit, and historian who became the president of Georgetown University. Born in Pennsylvania, he entered the Society of Jesus at the age of 20 and studied ...

Anthony F. Ciampi Anthony Francis Ciampi (born Antonio Francesco Ciampi; January 29, 1816 – November 24, 1893) was an Italian priest of the Catholic Church and member of the Society of Jesus. Early life Antonio F. Ciampi was born on January 29, 1816, to ...

William Francis Clarke William Francis Clarke (March 19, 1816 – October 17, 1890) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who held several senior positions at Jesuit institutions in Maryland and Washington, D.C. Born in Washington, he descended from several e ...

* Edward I. Devitt * James A. Doonan * John Early *

Enoch Fenwick Enoch Fenwick (May 15, 1780 – November 25, 1827) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit, who ministered throughout Maryland and became the president of Georgetown College. Descending from one of the original Catholic settlers of the Br ...

* Lawrence C. Gorman *

J. Hunter Guthrie Joseph Hunter Guthrie (January 8, 1901 – November 11, 1974) was an American academic philosopher, writer, Jesuit, and Catholic priest. Born in New York City, he entered the Society of Jesus in 1917, and began his studies at Woodstock Colleg ...

Patrick Francis Healy Patrick Francis Healy (February 27, 1834January 10, 1910) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who was an influential president of Georgetown University, becoming known as its "second founder". The university's flagship building, Healy ...

Timothy S. Healy Timothy Stafford Healy (April 25, 1923December 30, 1992) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who straddled the religious and secular life, serving as the vice chancellor of the City University of New York, the president of Georgetown U ...

* Joseph J. Himmel * Bernard A. Maguire * Horace McKenna *

William McSherry William McSherry (July 19, 1799December 18, 1839) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who became the president of Georgetown College and a Jesuit provincial superior. The son of Irish immigrants, McSherry was educated at Georgetown C ...

* Robert Molyneux *

Thomas Mulledy Thomas F. Mulledy ( ; August 12, 1794 – July 20, 1860) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who became the president of Georgetown College, a founder of the College of the Holy Cross, and a Jesuit provincial superior. His brother, ...

W. Coleman Nevils William Coleman Nevils (May 29, 1878October 12, 1955) was an American Catholic Church, Catholic priest and Society of Jesus, Jesuit educator who became the head of numerous Jesuit institutions throughout the northeastern United States, includ ...

* James A. Ryder * Francis C. Shroen * Francis X. Talbot

References

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History

Notable interments

See also

References