Calvary Cemetery is located at 248 Belle Vista Avenue on the west side of Youngstown, Ohio. The cemetery is maintained by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Youngstown. The cemetery is one of four cemeteries the Diocese oversees in Mahoning, Trumbull, and Stark counties.

Stretching over 150 acres (0.61 km2), Calvary is one of the largest and oldest cemeteries in the tri-county area, with some graves dating back to the early 19th century in the older sections of the cemetery.

Calvary Cemetery was dedicated on July 19th, 1885 by the Very Rev. Father Boff of Cleveland and has been a pillar of the Youngstown community since its opening. Spanning over 130 acres, Calvary blends the traditions of old and new to provide a beautiful and peaceful place for families to visit and honor their deceased loved ones. The first interment took place July 26th, 1885 and since then over 120,000 people have found their final resting place here.

Calvary is rich with the history of Youngstown and provides the final resting place for the first three bishops of the Youngstown Diocese as well as many of its clergy, and serves the needs of the Dominican Fathers, Oblate Sisters, and Ursuline Sisters. Many of Youngstown’s founding families have made Calvary their final resting place on Family Estate Row which bridges the divide between the historic and contemporary parts of the cemetery.

Calvary’s first mausoleum, Blessed Mother/St. Anthony was completed in 1994, and in the following years, five more mausoleums were added with the most recent, Our Lady of the Holy Rosary/St. Michael, being completed in 2011. Each mausoleum is named in honor of different parishes in the Diocese. The mausoleum area also features free-standing columbaria for cremated remains and The Good Shepherd which is a mausoleum dedicated to the burial of the priests who serve the Youngstown Diocese.

Calvary Cemetery provides options for traditional ground burial, cremation niches, cremation ground burials, mausoleum crypts, lawn crypts, and family estates. Our Family Service Advisors are available to provide support and guidance to our families whether you are in need of immediate assistance or are interested in advanced planning.

On June 5, 2011, The PANICd Research Investigation Team headed to the Calvary Cemetary on the Westside of Youngstown. They came equipped with EVP recording devices, Thermal Detection Equipment, Photography Equipment as well as Ghost Radar Device. While in transit to our destination, two team members obtained Radar Tracking and similar EVP samplings of "Drove" by a grounds keeper facility by the main entrance. There were over 25 Radar detections found while at the Mt. Calvary site. EVP readings, while still being cleaned up for better processing, do reveal a prominant giggle and muddled conversation in section 47 at a family plot. The most intriging part was while the crew was searching for the plots, primarily getting lost the Radar/EVP equipment obtained directions to the plot, not by the plot map but by the intelligent spirits that still walk the plots ( I can attest this was true, as I was there). While walking across the way from section 47 one team member found strong readings which lead her to a freshly dug grave, an EVP reading of " IT WAS ON PURPOSE" kept coming across the equipment. Was is a murder victim or a suicide victim? We may never know. The most amazing finds were down in an older area of the cemetary where the moseleums were located. There were major hot spots in front of one in particular, in order to maintain the privacy of the family of the deceased, we will not disclose which it came from, members of the team all had errie feelings of unease while near the spot and oddly, when you peered into the moseleum the coffin was partially opening and the latch on it was completely open, was it damaged by thieves or is there a deeper story yet? Also some photo data shows many orbs in several of the moseleums and one in particular we have what appears to be a male ghost wearing suspenders. This was definately an experience ...