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===Current plots=== The current site across the river and uphill, measuring 137 acres, was dedicated in 1896. All Souls [[Chapel]] was built on the grounds in 1902, and was dedicated on [[All Souls' Day]] of that same year. Bishop [[George Thomas Montgomery]] offered a [[Solemn Pontifical Mass]] on a temporary altar at the site, and afterwards presided at the setting in place of the cornerstone. It was designed as a replica of the [[parish church]] of St. Giles in the rural town of [[Stoke Poges]], [[Buckinghamshire]], in England. That church is believed to have been the setting of the famed 18th-century poem ''[[Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard]]''. The chapel became one of the most visited places of worship in [[Southern California]] after its opening.<ref name=CC>{{cite web|url=http://www.la-archdiocese.org/org/cemeteries/directory/Pages/Calvary-LA.aspx|work=Archdiocese of Los Angeles|title=Calvary Cemetery|access-date=11 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803033745/http://www.la-archdiocese.org/org/cemeteries/directory/Pages/Calvary-LA.aspx#|archive-date=2014-08-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> All Souls Chapel is now used primarily for burial services.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cal-catholic.com/wordpress/2012/11/08/churches-worth-driving-to-27/|work=California Catholic Daily|date=November 8, 2012|title=Churches Worth Driving To: All Souls Chapel, Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles|access-date=3 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222162217/http://cal-catholic.com/wordpress/2012/11/08/churches-worth-driving-to-27/|archive-date=22 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Main [[Mausoleum]], with a new chapel, was built in 1929. It was designed by architect [[Ross Montgomery (architect)|Ross Montgomery]].<ref name="onlinearchive">[http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c86m37ff/ Online Archive of California: Ross Montgomery]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=MXRvA_Hwgq8C&dq=%22ross+montgomery%22+architect&pg=PA61 John Chase, ''Glitter Stucco and Dumpster Diving'', Verso, 2004, p. 61]</ref> Two additional mausoleums, Our Lady's Garden and [[Gethsemane]], have since been built. The cemetery has its own [[chaplain]] and daily [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] is offered in the chapel of the Main Mausoleum.<ref name=CC />
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