Mount Olivet Cemetery (Wheat Ridge, Colorado)

Mount Olivet Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery operated by the Archdiocese of Denver. The cemetery is located at 12801 W. 44th Avenue in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.

Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery
Details
Established1892
Location
Wheat Ridge, Colorado
CountryUnited States
Coordinates39.7820336°N 105.1449212°W / 39.7820336; -105.1449212[1]
TypeRoman Catholic
Owned byArchdiocese of Denver
No. of gravesOver 120,000
Websitehttp://www.cfcscolorado.org

History

Mount Olivet was consecrated on September 25, 1892.[2] The primary Denver cemetery until that time had been Prospect Hill Cemetery, southeast of the city. In 1890 the city designated those grounds to be turned into a park. The Catholic section of Prospect Hill Cemetery was then named Mount Calvary Cemetery, and over time the Catholic Church moved most of the remains of those buried in the Mount Calvary Cemetery to Mount Olivet Cemetery, and sold the land back to the city in 1950. Today that land is part of Cheesman Park and the Denver Botanic Gardens.

Notable burials
Mount Olivet Cemetery

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Olivet Cemetery
  2. "MT OLIVET". Archived from the original on 29 July 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
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