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Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Bangor, Maine)

Coordinates: 44°48′47″N 68°47′27″W / 44.8129639°N 68.7909043°W / 44.8129639; -68.7909043
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Mount Pleasant Cemetery
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Established1854
Location
CountryUnited States
Coordinates44°48′47″N 68°47′27″W / 44.8129639°N 68.7909043°W / 44.8129639; -68.7909043
Owned byRoman Catholic Diocese of Portland
Size69 acres (28 ha)
No. of graves>17,000
WebsiteOfficial website
Find a GraveMount Pleasant Cemetery

Mount Pleasant Cemetery (also known as Mount Pleasant Catholic Cemetery) is a cemetery in Bangor, Maine. Established as Bangor's Roman Catholic burial ground in 1854, it originally included 14 acres. It now includes over 69 acres.[1]

The need for a primarily Roman Catholic burial ground arose from a rapid influx of Irish Catholic immigrants to Bangor in the 1850s and onward. Many Roman Catholic residents from nearby Buck Street Cemetery were re-interred at Mount Pleasant as well.[2]

Notable interments

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References

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  1. ^ John T. Frawley, Early History of the Catholic Church in Bangor, March 21, 2004
  2. ^ Scee, Trudy Irene (2012). The Mount Hope Cemetery of Bangor, Maine: The Complete History. The History Press. pp. 51–. ISBN 978-1609493370. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
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