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As the Lithuanian immigration to the United States increased, Lithuanians in Chicago established the Catholic cemetery of Saint Casimir in 1903. However, this cemetery would accept only Catholics for burials. The cemetery was controlled by Matas Kriaučiūnas, priest of St. George parish, who was suspected of embezzling parish's funds. [2] The ...
Saint Benedict Cemetery 4600 W. 135th St., Crestwood: 1885 Catholic Saint Boniface Cemetery 4901 N. Clark St., Chicago: 1863 Primarily German Catholic [19] Saint Casimir Lithuanian Cemetery 4401 W. 111th St., Chicago: 1903 Primarily Lithuanian Catholic Saint Gabriel Cemetery 164th St. and Cicero Ave., Oak Forest: 1913 Catholic (Potter's Field)
St. Casimir Lithuanian Cemetery (Švento Kazimiero Kapinės at 4401 W. 111th Street) is a Lithuanian cemetery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago on the edge of the southwest side of Chicago where many deceased Lithuanians are buried. [34] Lithuanian National Cemetery in Justice, Illinois [35]
Račkus' grave at Saint Casimir Catholic Cemetery Račkus died in 1965 in Chicago, aged 72, and was buried at Saint Casimir Catholic Cemetery. In 1997, the former Pievų Street in Kaunas was named after him.
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery of the Archdiocese of Chicago, located in the village of Alsip, Illinois, in Worth Township, southwest of Chicago. It was the first cemetery in the archdiocese to open post World War 1, after Mt. Olivet cemetery began to run out of space.
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The women's congregation Sisters of Saint Casimir was established in 1908 by Maria Kaupas and is active in the United States. In 1945, the College of Saint Casimir was established in Rome to educate Lithuanian priests who fled west after World War II. [35] Fresco of Saint Casimir in the Santuario della Mentorella , painted in the 19th century
The structure informally known as the Bishops' Mausoleum, designed by architect William J. Brinkmann, is located at Mount Carmel Cemetery and is the final resting places of the Bishops and Archbishops of Chicago; its formal name is the Mausoleum and Chapel of the Archbishops of Chicago, and it is the focal point of the entire cemetery, standing on high ground.