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Age is just a number, right? And next year, that number will be 200 - as in St. Joseph cemetery will be celebrating 200 years at the Main Street location.

To mark this auspicious anniversary, the 200th Anniversary Committee has plans - lots of plans - and a logo. So, get out your 2025 calendars and reserve these dates!

On Sunday, April 6, the committee will host a soiree at the Main Library on Goodwood Boulevard. The theme for the soiree will be “Tell Me a Story,” and committee members are reaching out to all of you to share stories about your ancestors buried in the cemetery. You can contact them at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

In addition, the soiree will feature food and beverages, as well as a silent auction and a presentation about the cemetery and the important role it has played in the city’s history.

On Sunday, Oct. 19, the committee will hold an afternoon scavenger hunt for families and children at the cemetery. There will be goodie bags and prizes involved.

Finally, the committee will cap off the anniversary year on Nov. 2 with an All Souls Day Mass, the Blessing of the Graves and a luncheon.

 

Welcome to the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery website.

 

St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery is one of Baton Rouge’s oldest and most historic cemeteries. Established in 1792 behind what is now St. Joseph Cathedral, the cemetery was moved to its current location on Main Street in 1825. Among the notable individuals buried in the cemetery are early mayors, sheriffs, business leaders, Baton Rouge’s first doctor, Confederate and Union soldiers, African-American Reconstruction Era legislators and an artist, engineer and cartographer who created a well-known map of plantations along the Mississippi River. The majority of the graves, however, belong to ordinary residents who have helped build Baton Rouge over more than 300 years.

 In the Spirit of Giving, if you’d like to help the Cemetery’s Board of Trustees continue to maintain this treasure or honor a loved one who is buried there, please consider making a donation. 

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