New Cathedral Cemetery

New Cathedral Cemetery was begun in 1869. It didn't open until 1871, replacing Cathedral Cemetery (established in 1816), which moved its burials to the new cemetery.{{cite book|title=Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin: 2001|year = 2001|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aLdbAAAAMAAJ|publisher=Maryland Genealogical Society}}[https://www.newcathedralcemetery.org/ New Cathedral Cemetery]{{Cite web |url=https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/BaltimoreCity/B-5110.pdf |title=New Cathedral Cemetery (B-5110) |date=2011-08-09 |website=Maryland Historical Trust |access-date=2023-04-02}} The Bonnie Brae estate was purchased from Captain Charles McBlair to establish the new cemetery. For a time, the new cemetery was called the Bonnie Brae Cemetery. Burials were transferred from the old cemetery to the new cemetery between 1877 and 1890. The cemetery was originally 40–50 acres, but, as of 2011, had expanded to {{convert|122|acres}}.

As of 2018, the cemetery is {{convert|125|acres}}.{{cite news|last1=Kelly|first1=Jacques|title=New Cathedral is resting place for notable Baltimoreans, and small flock of Orioles greats|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-kelly-column-cemetery-20180411-story.html |access-date=16 April 2018 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=April 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018012718/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-kelly-column-cemetery-20180411-story.html |archive-date=2018-10-18 |url-status=dead}}

The cemetery is the final resting place of 100,000 people. contains several players from the Baltimore Orioles, including four members of the Baseball Hall of Fame: John McGraw, Joseph Kelley, Ned Hanlon, and Wilbert Robinson.{{cite news|last1=Klingaman|first1=Mike|title=Cranky and cross, Mugsy McGraw was one of the Orioles' most colorful characters|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/retro-baltimore/bs-md-retro-mcgraw-20180223-story.html|accessdate=16 April 2018|work=Baltimore Sun|date=April 10, 2018}}{{cite book|author=Scott Wilson|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA397|date=16 September 2016|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-2599-7|page=397}} It is believed that no other cemetery has so many Hall of Famers.

• Ephraim Francis Baldwin
• Edward H. Burke (1886–1955), state delegate and lawyer{{Cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/001600/001663/html/1663bio.html |title=Edward H. Burke |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=Maryland State Archives |date=2003-03-11 |access-date=2023-03-26}}
• John Lee Carroll
• Charles Pearce Coady
• William Hinson Cole (1837–1886), U.S. Representative from Maryland{{Cite web |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/C000615 |title=Cole, William Hinson |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=2023-08-15}}
• Miriam Cooper
• Frederick L. Dewberry (1921–1990), Baltimore County Executive, Deputy Secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119679591/dewberry-10-jul-1990-the-evening-sun/ |title=Dewberry |date=1990-07-10 |newspaper=The Evening Sun |page=E5 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-02-25}}{{Open access}}
• Edmund Francis Dunne
• George Proctor Kane (1817–1878), Mayor of Baltimore and Marshal of Police in Baltimore{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109858264/death-of-mayor-kane-24-jun-1878-the/ |title=Death of Mayor Kane |date=1878-06-24 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-09-19}}{{Open access}}
• Otis Keilholtz (1838–1883), Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates and ex-officio mayor of Baltimore{{Cite web |url=https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/bitstream/handle/10822/1044363/GUJournal_Vol12_No01.pdf |title=College Journal |publisher=Georgetown College |year=1883 |access-date=2022-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920043710/https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/bitstream/handle/10822/1044363/GUJournal_Vol12_No01.pdf |archive-date=2022-09-20 |url-status=live}}
• Ambrose Jerome Kennedy (1893-1950), Baltimore city councilman, Maryland state senator, and U.S. Congressman representing Maryland's Fourth Congressional District, 1933-1941.
• Aloysius Leo Knott (died 1918), American politician, lawyer and educator{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122143664/gen-a-leo-knott-dead-19-apr-1918/ |title=Gen. A. Leo Knott |date=1918-04-19 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=16 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-04-02}}{{Open access}}
• John Lee
• J. R. Malone
• Bobby Mathews
• Henry May (1816–1866), U.S. Representative from Maryland{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116004839/obsequies-of-the-late-hon-henry-may/ |title=Obsequies of the Late Hon. Henry May |date=1866-09-28 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=4 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-01-07}}{{Open access}}
• Thomas Francis McNulty (1859–1932), American sheriff and composer{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114114584/service-saturday-for-t-f-mnulty-26/ |title=Service Saturday for T. F. M'Nulty |date=1932-05-26 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-12-04}}{{Open access}}
• Hugh Allen Meade
• John Mullan (road builder)
• Herbert O'Conor
• Eugene O'Dunne
• Vincent Luke Palmisano
• Theodore Wells Pietsch
• Wilbert Robinson
• Walt Smallwood
• John Surratt
• George J. Turner

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