Saint Martin's Cemetery

Piqua, Kansas

Located behind Saint Martin's Catholic Church.

St Martins Cemetery - Piqua, Kansas
St Martins Cemetery - Piqua, Kansas
St. Martins Cemetery 

St. Martin's Cemetery is located belong the now unused, but still beautiful St. Martin's Catholic Church in Piqua, Kansas. It served St. Martin of Tours Parish, which was established in 1884, 3 years before the Diocese of Wichita.

The focal point of the small cemetery is a priests' mound. It has a 18' monument with a nearly life size crucifix and two statues. The stature is flanked by the graves of priests, pastors and sisters (one from the Society of the Precious
Blood) dating back nearly 100 years. 

St. Martin's Catholic Church in Piqua, Kansas is still open for public viewing and prayer.

Priests Mound
 


Augustine Heimann
Feb 15 1886     Aug 17 1951
Ordained Priest   June 29, 1889


Anna Debes      Emma Miller      Maria Camilla Heimann C.P.P.S.     Louisa Heimann


Rev Alphons Haffmans      Rev John Massoth      Rev Ignatius J Rohr      B Marie Esgorsher


 

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