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== Santa Clara Mission Cemetery == '''Santa Clara Mission Cemetery''', also known as '''Santa Clara Catholic Cemetery''', was founded in 1777, alongside the mission by the same Franciscans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2013/03/05/herhold-santa-claras-graveyard-teaches-us-about-the-past/|title=Herhold: Santa Clara's graveyard teaches us about the past|date=March 5, 2013|website=The Mercury News|language=en-US|access-date=January 22, 2020}}</ref> In 1851, when [[Santa Clara University|Santa Clara College]] was founded, the cemetery near the mission was running out of space, so they moved the location a few minutes walk from the mission near the adobe home of [[Berreyesa family|Fernando Berryessa]], son of Maria Zacharias Bernal y Berryessa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.svvoice.com/home-is-where-the-city-begins/|title=Home is Where the City Begins|date=September 11, 2013|website=The Silicon Valley Voice|language=en-US|access-date=January 22, 2020}}</ref> In the 1930s, this cemetery completed its first indoor [[mausoleum]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://tvc.dsj.org/2015/11/12/santa-clara-mission-cemetery-prepares-for-its-next-project/|title=Santa Clara Mission Cemetery Prepares for its Next Project {{!}} The Valley Catholic News|date=November 12, 2015|website=The Valley Catholic|language=en-US|access-date=January 22, 2020}}</ref> In part due to the popularity of mausoleum burial, in 2015, they began building the St. Ignatius Outdoor Mausoleum Complex.<ref name=":1" /> === Notable burials === * [[Peter Hardeman Burnett]] (1807–1895), judge, the first elected governor of California, serving from December 20, 1849, to January 9, 1851, and the first to resign from office.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nga.org/governor/peter-hardeman-burnett/|title=Peter Hardeman Burnett|website=National Governors Association|access-date=January 22, 2020}}</ref> * [[Marv Owen]] (1906–1991), baseball player for the [[Detroit Tigers]] (1931–37), [[Chicago White Sox]] (1938–39) and [[Boston Red Sox]] (1940) and a baseball coach. * Cardinal [[Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei]] (1901–2000), [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Shanghai|Catholic Bishop of Shanghai]], China, from 1950 until his death in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cardinalkungfoundation.org/ck/CKfhighlights.php|title=Highlights of the Funeral|year=2000|website=Cardinal Kung Foundation|access-date=January 22, 2020}}</ref> * Archbishop [[Dominic Tang]] (1908–1995), Chinese [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] priest and Bishop in 1951 and later [[archbishop of Canton]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cardinalkungfoundation.org/articles/tang.htm|title=Remembering Archbishop Tang Yee-Ming, SJ|year=1995|website=The Cardinal Kung Foundation|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050826131204/http://www.cardinalkungfoundation.org/articles/tang.htm|archive-date=August 26, 2005|access-date=January 22, 2020}}</ref> * [[Tiburcio Vásquez]] (1835–1875), [[Californio]] ''bandido'' who was active in California from 1854 to 1874.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-tiburciovasquez/|title=Tiburcio Vasquez – California Desperado|website=Legends of America|access-date=January 22, 2020}}</ref>
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