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In the 1930s, the then-Diocese of Brooklyn established a 65-acre (260,000 m 2) cemetery named for the Holy Rood. The grounds of the cemetery are considered part of the greater Hempstead Plains. In 1956, with the creation of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, Holy Rood Cemetery's jurisdiction was transferred to the newly formed diocese. [1]
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Originally called Trinity Church Upper Grave Yard, the burial ground was established by Holy Trinity Catholic Church in 1832. It was enlarged between 1850 and 1870, and renamed Holy Rood Cemetery. (Rood is an old English word for Cross.) [1] The cemetery walls were torn down in 1901 and new ones erected, and many trees were removed to prevent ...
The chapel under construction in 2021 The chapel near completion in August 2022. The federal government auctioned the property in 1995. [8] The Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre won the auction, planning to convert the property into a cemetery, as its Cemetery of the Holy Rood, then the only major Catholic cemetery in Nassau County, was running out of space. [7]
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Pope Pius VII in 1808 erected the Diocese of New York, taking all of New York State from the Diocese of Baltimore. [6] Catholic priests started appearing in Long Island in the mid-19th century, founding missions and parishes. The first Catholic Church in Nassau County was St. Brigid in Westbury, founded in 1840. [7]