Description

CEM 378-Rev_St Augustine’s Roman Catholic Cemetery

Street Address:East Street

Location: Lot 54, Concession 1, West Flamborough Township

Type of Cemetery: Religious

Responsible Agency: Catholic Cemeteries of the Diocese of Hamilton

Status for Burials: Open for burials          Plot Plan: Exists

Size:         Medium, 800 monuments

Fencing: Stone and Wood, with open section Monument Types: Flat, upright and column Monuments of: Marble, granite

Date of Opening: 1858

History:

St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church is said to be “The Mother Church of the Hamilton Diocese”, since it was the first established Catholic Church at the Head-of- the-Lake. In 1821, Father O’Conner visited Dundas, and was among the first Catholic priests in the area. In 1827, with the help of Father Campion, a wooden Catholic Chapel was constructed. Less than six years later Dundas received its first resident priest who helped build a frame church. Two early church cemeteries served the Catholic population of the Dundas-Flamborough area: the original Catholic cemetery opened in 1831 but was ultimately deemed to be too small, and in 1849 a second St. Augustine’s Cemetery was founded, but its location close to the escarpment limited expansion and burials at the site gradually ceased. In 1896 a new site for St.

Augustine Cemetery, on Upper East Street, was purchased and opened for burials. Many of the burials from the original cemetery were reinterred at the present site. St. Augustine’s Cemetery is operated by the Diocese of Hamilton and remains open for burials.

 

Notable Burials:

John Joseph Zuliniak (1922-1976) engineer, politician