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Gate of Heaven Cemetery (East Hanover, New Jersey)

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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 TownshipinMorris 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[edit]

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[edit]

^ ^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."

External links[edit]

Search for burials in the Archdiocese of Newark database
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark

v t e Ordinaries of the Archdiocese of Newark
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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v t e Churches in the Archdiocese of Newark
List	List of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart
Parishes	St. Henry's Church, Bayonne Madonna Church, Fort Lee Church of Our Lady of Grace, Hoboken Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Bayonne St. Anthony of Padua Church, Jersey City St. Antoninus Church, Newark St. Casimir's Church, Newark St. Columba's Church, Newark St. John's Church, Newark St. Joseph's Church, Newark Pro-Cathedral of Saint Patrick, Newark St. Rocco's Church, Newark St. John's Church, Orange St. Mary's Church, Plainfield Former parishes Sacred Heart Church, Jersey City
Abbey	St. Mary's Abbey Church

v t e Education in the Archdiocese of Newark
Higher education	Seton Hall University Caldwell University Felician College Saint Peter's University
Seminary	Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology
High schools	Bergen County Academy of the Holy Angels, Demarest Bergen Catholic High School, Oradell Don Bosco Preparatory High School, Ramsey Immaculate Conception High School, Lodi Immaculate Heart Academy, Washington Township Paramus Catholic High School, Paramus St. Joseph Regional High School, Montvale St. Mary High School, Rutherford Essex County Christ the King Preparatory School, Newark Immaculate Conception High School, Montclair Lacordaire Academy, Upper Montclair Mount Saint Dominic Academy, Caldwell St. Benedict's Preparatory School, Newark St. Vincent Academy, Newark Seton Hall Preparatory School, West Orange Hudson County Hudson Catholic Regional High School, Jersey City St. Dominic Academy, Jersey City St. Peter's Preparatory School, Jersey City Kenmare High School, Jersey City Union County Mother Seton Regional High School, Clark Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child, Summit Oratory Preparatory School, Summit Roselle Catholic High School, Roselle St. Mary of the Assumption High School, Elizabeth Union Catholic Regional High School, Scotch Plains
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