Catholic Cemeteries

Name

Catholic Cemeteries

Legal name

Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Newark

Website

https://rcancem.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1859

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cemetery and Memorial Services

NAICS

Cemeteries and Crematories (812220), Cemeteries and Crematories (81222)

akta.pro primary industry

Places of Worship & Religious Facilities Operations (Cemeteries, Retreat Centers, Pilgrimage Sites) (BPAGAJAL)

Keywords

• Catholic burial services
• Cemetery operations
• Cremation services
• Mausoleum entombment
• Memorialization products

Headquarters

HQ city

Newark

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Cemetery Burial Plots: Traditional in-ground burial spaces including flush memorial and upright monument lots, with family estate options for multiple arrangements. One-time purchase with deed of ownership.
2. Mausoleum Crypts and Entombment: Above-ground entombment in climate-controlled chapel mausoleums or garden mausoleums. Includes single, companion, and Westminster crypt options with premium interior chapel spaces.
3. Cremation Niches and Columbarium: Indoor chapel niches, outdoor garden niches, and cremation graves for cremated remains. Glass cremation niches with illuminated displays available at select locations.
4. Memorialization Products: Bronze medallions, cameo portraits, custom bronze lettering, memorial vases, and religious icons for personalization of gravesites, crypts, and niches.
5. Floral Tribute Program: Seasonal silk flower arrangements (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter) placed at gravesites, crypts, or niches. Annual enrollment with multi-year discount options.
6. Memorial Candle Program: Electric memorial candles lit perpetually at resting places within mausoleums, with inscription options. Available in 1-year, 5-year, and 10-year durations.
7. Service Fees: Interment fees, weekend/holiday surcharges, and additional service charges for funeral directors and families coordinating services.
8. Memorials to the Unborn: Engraving of children's names on Rachel statues at multiple cemetery locations. One-time memorial fee of $100 per name.
9. Private Family Estates: Custom solid granite private mausoleums and sarcophaguses with personalized features including walk-in chapels, stained glass windows, and custom altars.
10. Genealogy Research Services: Manual genealogy search services providing burial information. $25 for first name, $5 for each additional name. Online search is free.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Catholic Cemeteries operates burial, cremation, and mausoleum entombment services across eight cemeteries located in Northern New Jersey, serving as a ministry of the Archdiocese of Newark. The organization sells cemetery plots, crypts, niches, and related memorialization products, and provides pastoral care to Catholic families arranging end-of-life services.

Product overview

Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Newark is a ministry providing faith-centered cemetery and memorial services across eight sacred grounds in Northern New Jersey. The core offering consists of eight cemetery locations (Holy Cross, Gate of Heaven, Saint Gertrude, Maryrest, Holy Name, Christ The King, Holy Sepulchre, and Mount Carmel) offering traditional in-ground burial, above-ground mausoleum entombment (chapel and garden mausoleums), and cremation memorialization. Supporting services include memorialization products (bronze medallions, cameo portraits, bronze lettering, memorial vases), seasonal floral tribute programs, perpetual memorial candle lighting, green/natural burial options, family estate planning with private mausoleums, monthly Masses of remembrance, memorials to the unborn, cemetery records and genealogy search, pre-planning services with educational video content, and bereavement support through chaplains. The organization serves Catholic families seeking dignified burial and memorialization aligned with Church teaching.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• In-Ground Burial Services Sale of burial plots and traditional in-ground interment of caskets across the eight Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Newark, intended for Catholic families in Northern New Jersey arranging end-of-life services.

Quantifiable outcome

• Original Holy Cross Chapel Mausoleum now 95% full, driving new expansion projects

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CMC CarriercoreOthersBronze memorial product manufacturer established in 1995. Provides high-quality bronze accessories including emblems, vases, lamps, statues, and lettering for memorialization. Products feature unique finish formula for lasting beauty.
• Matthews BronzecoreOthersMemorialization industry leader since 1927. Offers most comprehensive bronze product offering in cemetery industry. Products include burial solutions, cremation solutions, mausoleum solutions, and technology solutions.
• StrassackercoreOthersWorld-renowned German bronze foundry with over 100 years of tradition. Known for distinctive patina finishes and artistic craftsmanship in bronze art and memorialization products including medallions and religious icons.
• Paradise PicturesminorOthersDeveloped in 1990. Uses unique film-based printing process with hand-layered colors producing outstanding porcelain portrait reproductions with vibrant color and depth of detail.
• Photo Porcelain DominicminorOthersFamily-owned since 1986. Evolved from traditional hand-painted portraits to fully automated in-house art production creating unique memorial porcelain portraits in traditional and modern styles.
• Mellini Art Glass & Mosaics (Florence, Italy)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerItalian artisan studio that designed and installed the two-story resurrection mosaic at Gate of Heaven Cemetery's Chapel Mausoleum of the Resurrection. Used tiles from 1,800+ tones of color over a year of work.
• Leonardo M. VelascominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArtist known for mosaics of the Incarnation and Redemption domes inside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Commissioned for Holy Rosary Garden at Saint Gertrude Cemetery.
• HallowminorOthersAudio prayer app featuring guided prayers for the souls in purgatory, including St. Gertrude Prayer, Traditional Prayer for the Deceased, Litany for the Faithful Departed, and Prayer of Mourning.
• Jersey CatholicminorGTM or Marketing PartnerOfficial news outlet of the Archdiocese of Newark providing coverage of cemetery news, blessings, and reflections. Winner of 14 Catholic Media Awards in 2026.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Foundation Partners Group: Private funeral and cemetery operator with 200+ locations nationwide, backed by private equity. Comparable multi-site cemetery platform with pre-need and cremation offerings, though secular in customer focus.
• Carriage Services: Public death care company operating cemeteries and funeral homes across the U.S. Provides a like-for-like benchmark on cemetery pricing, pre-need revenue, and capital allocation in a multi-site operating model.
• Service Corporation International (Dignity Memorial): Largest North American funeral, cemetery, and cremation operator with thousands of locations. Overlaps in cemetery operations, cremation niches, pre-need planning, and memorialization but is secular and far broader in scale and geography.
• NorthStar Memorial Group: Private-equity-backed owner and operator of cemeteries and funeral homes across the U.S. Comparable on cemetery operations, mausoleums, cremation gardens, and pre-need programs, but larger and secular in positioning.
• StoneMor Partners: Public cemetery and funeral home operator with a portfolio of more than 300 cemeteries across the U.S. Comparable on cemetery operations, pre-need selling, and mausoleum inventory, though non-faith-based and operated as a for-profit.
• Forest Lawn Memorial Parks (Forest Lawn): Iconic Southern California cemetery operator known for large-scale memorial parks, mausoleums, and cremation options. Comparable in cemetery scale, premium mausoleum inventory, and broad service offering, but secular and West Coast-focused.

Emerging players

• Park Lawn Corporation: Canadian death care operator expanding aggressively into the U.S. cemetery and funeral market. Overlaps in cemetery operations and pre-need revenue but is more emerging in scale and primarily Canadian in origin.

Direct peers

• Catholic Funeral & Cemetery Services (CFCS) of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles: Combined funeral and cemetery ministry serving the LA Archdiocese with pre-need planning, burial, cremation, and memorialization. Closest peer combining Catholic ministry with a multi-site cemetery network and a broader service model.
• Catholic Cemeteries, Archdiocese of New York: Operates diocesan Catholic cemeteries across the New York metro area with the same religious-ministry model, full-time chaplains, pre-planning, and mausoleum inventory. Directly comparable in mission, services mix, and customer base to the Archdiocese of Newark cemeteries.
• Catholic Cemeteries, Diocese of Brooklyn: Diocesan Catholic cemetery operator serving Brooklyn and Queens with burial, mausoleum, cremation, and pre-need services under a Catholic-ministry structure. Mirrors the Newark operation in scale, services, and ecclesiastical ownership.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/rcancem
• Facebookfacebook.com/HolyCrossCemeteryMausoleum
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rcancem

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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