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For the protection and benefit of plot holders in Allentown Diocesan Cemeteries, the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown hereby adopts the following rules and regulations. All plot holders and persons within the cemeteries, and all plots, shall be subject to said rules and regulations and such amendments or alterations thereof or additions thereto as shall be adopted by the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown from time to time; and the reference to these rules and regulations in the document conveying the right of interment shall have the same force and effect as if set forth in full therein.



Note: These rules and regulations for the Diocesan Cemeteries are meant to serve as a model of cemetery rules and regulations. In the parish cemeteries, these rules and regulations may be modified and adopted to the particular circumstances of each parish cemetery.


  • Article 1 - Definitions

    1. The term “Cemetery Authorities” shall mean the person or persons duly appointed to conduct and administer the cemeteries owned and operated by the Diocese of Allentown.

    2. The term “Cemetery” as used herein shall mean all the property for earth burials and public mausolea for crypt entombments. Private of Family mausolea shall be specifically mentioned.

  • Article ll - Purpose of Cemetery

    The purpose of the Diocesan Cemeteries is to provide for the burial of the Faithful according to the rules and discipline of the Catholic Church. Questions regarding the interpretation of canons of the Catholic Church, its rules and discipline as they relate to the burial privileges of a plot holder and members of his or her family, shall be decided exclusively by the Ordinary of the Diocese and such decision shall be final

  • Article lll - Admission to Cemetery

    1. The cemetery Authorities reserve the right to refuse admission to a cemetery and to refuse the use of any of the cemetery’s equipment or facilities at any time to any person or persons as the rules and judgment may dictate.

    2. The body of a deceased person or cremated remains will not be accepted for entombment or interment unless it is encased in a suitable container approved by the Cemetery Authorities.

    3. The remains of any person who has died of an infectious or contagious disease shall be permitted to be entombed in a public mausoleum only with the express consent of the Cemetery Authorities and provided that there be no prohibition against such entombment by any public health authority.

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