Holy Cross Cemetery (Edmonton)

For other uses, see Holy Cross Cemetery (disambiguation).

Holy Cross Cemetery
Details
Established	1954
Location	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Country	Canada
Coordinates	53°36′30″N113°34′58″W / 53.60833°N 113.58278°W / 53.60833; -113.58278
Type	Roman Catholic
Owned by	Edmonton Archdiocese
Size	45 acres (0.18 km2)
No. of graves	>15,000
Website	Holy Cross Cemetery
Find a Grave	Holy Cross Cemetery

Holy Cross Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery located at 14611 Mark Messier Trail NW in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The cemetery is owned and operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton and was opened by the archdiocese in 1954. ^[1]

Facilities

Since 1990, the cemetery has a mausoleum, the Holy Cross Mausoleum

Notable interments

• Johnny Bright (1930–1983), Canadian Football League player
• Gord Hannigan (1929–1966), Toronto Maple Leafs hockey player (1952–56)
• William "Wild Bill" Hunter (1920–2002), hockey player, coach, and businessman. Founder of the NHL Edmonton Oilers
• Joseph MacNeil (1924–2018), archbishop of the Archdiocese of Edmonton (1973–1999)
• Anthony Jordan (1901–1982), archbishop emeritus of Edmonton ^[2]
• Rollie Miles (1927–1995), Canadian Football League player (1951–1961), educator

References

1. "Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum – Catholic Cemeteries – The Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton". ecc.caedm.ca. Retrieved 2025-08-08.
2. "Archbishop Anthony Jordan [Catholic-Hierarchy]". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2025-08-08.