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Diocese of Tucson Catholic Cemeteries
Love, Remembrance and Peace: Diocese of Tucson Catholic Cemeteries - Tucson, AZ.
Testimonies of devotion and remembrances are cast in bronze or carved on granite to pay warm tribute to accomplishments and to the life – not the death – of a loved one. The cemetery is homeland for memorials that are a sustaining source of hope to the living.
A cemetery is a history of people – a perpetual record of yesterday and a sanctuary of peace and quiet today. A cemetery exists because every life is worth loving and remembering – Always.
All Faiths Cemeteries
2151 S Avenida Los Reyes
Tucson, AZ 85748
(520) 885-9173
Visiting Our Cemeteries
We welcome visitors, and the cemeteries are open for visitation 365 days a year, generally from about 6 am to dusk. As we are a sacred place, we do not permit alcohol, or fire arms on the cemetery grounds. Pets are permitted as long as they are on a leash and the owner picks up after the pet and properly disposes of the waste. Trash receptacles are positioned throughout the grounds. Many families come to the cemeteries in the evenings and on weekends to visit loved ones. We do not permit open fires or barbeque's.
Our Mission Statement
Minister to our families in their time of need, through a dedicated staff, providing tender and attentive care with quality products at a reasonable price in a beautifully kept cemetery.
Our Cemeteries
Holy Hope Cemetery opened in 1907, Our Lady of the Desert Cemetery opened in 1980, Desert Vista Cemetery opened in 1985.
Memorial
Pima County and the Diocese of Tucson Catholic Cemeteries have formally dedicated the memorial and reburial area located at All Faiths Cemetery, 2151 S. Avenida Los Reyes, for those individuals exhumed from Tucson's historic cemetery in downtown Tucson.
Between approximately 1862 and 1875, the deceased of Tucson were buried in a cemetery located at what is now the northeast corner of Alameda and Stone in downtown Tucson. In preparation for construction of the Joint Courts Complex, Pima County excavated the historic cemetery between 2006 and 2008, and exhumed the remains of almost 1,300 individuals. Almost 1,200 of the exhumed individuals were reburied at All Faiths Cemetery in February 2010, each individual in a separate container. Previously, approximately 100 individuals were repatriated for reburial elsewhere, some to the Arizona Department of Veterans' Services, some to the Tohono O'odham Nation, and some to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. Los Descendientes del Presidio de Tucson repatriated 230 Hispanic individuals and these were part of the 1,200 individuals reburied at All Faiths.
The list of names on the memorial is the most complete record known of deaths that occurred in Tucson from 1863 through 1875. The burial records of St. Augustine's Cathedral provided the names of most of these individuals. The names of an additional 106 deceased Tucsonans included in the list, are from the Federal Census Mortality Schedule of 1869 and 1870.
Monthly Mass at Holy Hope
Is held the third Saturday of the month in the morning. The monthly mass focuses on the recently departed, but all are welcome. It is held in our Mausoleum complex at the west end of the cemetery.
Special Mass Events
We hold special masses at the cemeteries on Memorial Day, All Souls Day (Nov 2) and in December for Advent. The general public is welcome. Masses are held in the morning for Memorial Day and All Souls Day. The Advent Mass at Our Lady of the Desert is in the morning, the Advent Mass at Holy Hope is in the evening and is followed by a candle light procession, tree decoration and lighting.
Find us in: Tucson, AZ