Calvary Hill Cemetery: A Family Guide to Burial and Cremation Options

For families considering Calvary Hill Cemetery for a loved one’s final resting place, this guide covers what burial there costs and how pricing works, the sections and requirements to know about, how we coordinate the day, practical visiting notes, and — for those who want it — the cemetery’s history.

We coordinate burials at Calvary Hill regularly, but we do not own the cemetery and earn nothing from recommending it. If your parish ties or drive times point to Gates of Heaven in Frisco instead, that is exactly what we will tell you.

What does burial at Calvary Hill Cemetery cost in 2026?

Honestly: the cemetery sets these prices, they change, and published third-party numbers go stale quickly — so we quote none here. Current plot, niche, and opening/closing prices are available directly from the cemetery office, and when you work with us we obtain the current figures for you, in writing, before anything is committed. As the diocesan anchor cemetery, Calvary Hill’s premium sections and Mausoleum of the Resurrection sit toward the upper half of the DFW range.

As DFW-market context from our cost-of-dying guide: in-ground plots across Dallas–Fort Worth typically run $2,500–$8,000 (premium garden and feature plots considerably more), opening and closing $1,500–$2,800 per interment, a vault or grave liner $700–$3,500 where required, cremation niches $1,200–$5,500, and monuments from about $1,500 through a separate monument company.

Whatever the cemetery’s current numbers are, our role costs nothing extra: cemetery charges are paid to the cemetery at cost, with no coordination fee and no markup from Vargas-London.

Which sections and requirements should families know about?

Calvary Hill is the anchor Catholic cemetery of the Diocese of Dallas, and Catholic practice shapes its requirements:

• Eligibility: generally a baptized Catholic in good standing; a non-Catholic spouse, parent, or child of a buried Catholic; or, in some sections, a non-Catholic Christian who served the Catholic community. The cemetery’s office confirms eligibility.
• Cremation: permitted by the Church, but cremated remains are to be interred or inurned — Calvary Hill’s cremation gardens carry Catholic-appropriate iconography — rather than scattered or kept at home.
• Mausoleum of the Resurrection and multiple garden sections offer above-ground and in-ground options.
• An on-site chapel allows the Rite of Committal to move indoors in inclement weather.
• Monuments: Catholic cemeteries commonly require markers through the cemetery’s own or an approved monument company — confirm before ordering elsewhere.

How does Vargas-London coordinate a burial at Calvary Hill Cemetery?

We handle the cemetery end to end: first contact and section selection, a written comparison of the options, timing between the church or chapel service and the committal, transport and procession (with police escort if requested), casket or urn requirements, vault ordering, and the monument referral afterward. The graveside service itself typically runs 15–30 minutes; the cemetery completes the burial after the family departs, and the marker follows from the monument company some weeks later.

We coordinate the Funeral Mass with the family’s parish — or with the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe, about 12 minutes from the cemetery — and time the procession so the Rite of Committal follows without a long gap. There is no upcharge for any of it — our published packages cover cemetery coordination at every DFW cemetery. Questions cost nothing either: (214) 550-7369, answered 24/7.

What should visiting families know?

Most DFW cemetery grounds are open from roughly 7 AM to dusk daily, with free visitor parking; call ahead to confirm hours. Flower policies vary by cemetery and section — fresh flowers are almost always welcome, while artificial arrangements, glass, and candles are often restricted. Ground maintenance is the cemetery’s job, not the family’s, and many cemeteries offer holiday flower-placement programs. The on-site chapel and consistent diocesan grounds-keeping make Calvary Hill straightforward to visit year-round; section maps are available at the office.

What is the history of Calvary Hill Cemetery?

Calvary Hill was established in 1953 as the diocesan-affiliated anchor Catholic cemetery for the Diocese of Dallas, and it serves as the burial ground for many of the diocese’s clergy and religious as well as generations of lay families. Its roughly 60 acres in northwest Dallas include the Mausoleum of the Resurrection and cremation gardens designed around Catholic iconography.