St. Joseph Parish Cemetery is the combination of two separate cemeteries. Located adjacent to each other in Natrona Heights (Harrison Twp.), Allegheny Co., PA, St. Ladislaus Cemetery and St. Joseph Cemetery were accessible by unconnected driveways, but there was no dividing fence between them. A merger of the church parishes brought a merger of the cemeteries.  The land had been acquired 30 March 1889 and 27 Aug 1901 with 7.45 total acres

St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church was founded in 1868 in Natrona (Harrison Twp., Allegheny Co., PA) on land donated by Penn Salt Co. By 1895 the church had purchased land and began construction of a new church, school, rectory, and convent. When completed the original church was dismantled and the land returned to the salt company.

St. Ladislaus Roman Catholic Church was founded in 1893 in Natrona as a Polish parish.

St. Mathias Roman Catholic Church was founded in 1903 in Natrona as a mission parish of St. Clement [Slovak] parish in Tarentum (Allegheny Co., PA). St. Mathias never had its own cemetery, but St. Clement's cemetery is located in Tarentum.

In 1992 St. Joseph merged with St. Ladislaus [Polish] and St. Mathias [Slovak] (all in Natrona) and formed a new parish, named St. Joseph Parish, which was located in Natrona. Fire destroyed the old St. Joseph building in 2001. The parishes were merged several more times with other local parishes; St. Mathias building was sold and in 2024 St. Ladislaus building was torn down. There is no longer any Catholic Church located in Natrona, PA

Information from Pittsburgh Diocese church histories

This cemetery is Managed by:

Catholic Parish Cemeteries Association

1000 Logue St

Pittsburgh PA 15220

Telephone 412-256-9370

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