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This combined cemetery, one mile South of WellSpan York Hospital, is owned by the Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg (https://www.hbgdiocese.org/our-cemeteries/) and managed from the office at Holy Saviour Cemetery, Cemetery ID: 45123. This is the old Catholic cemetery for York and is virtually full.
Saint Patrick was the first Catholic church in York and their cemetery was originally behind (East) their old building. The alter of the current church building and the school were built where the cemetery used to be. Immaculate Conception (nicknamed "Saint Mary's") opened in 1852 and created their German Catholic cemetery a half mile South of these churches.
The Saint Mary parish bought this property in the early 1880's on the Baltimore Pike. They invited the Saint Patrick parish to join them and all graves from both cemeteries were moved here. The Saint Patrick Cemetery was the South half and Saint Mary's Cemetery the North half of the current cemetery. When this part of that road was bypassed by the extension of South George Street, this part of the road was renamed Starcross Road, in honor of this cemetery and the nearby Hebrew cemetery. The cemetery was officially consecrated on Sept. 16, 1883 and blessed by the Bishop of Harrisburg on April 27, 1884.
In the early 20th century, Saint Rose of Lima and Saint Joseph Catholic churches split off these churches, to better serve to those in the West and East sides of the city respectively. Therefore, the distinction of these being separate cemeteries became less important. As these cemeteries were filling up and due to the land having a difficult slope for visitors, a new Catholic cemetery, Holy Saviour, was created North of the city in 1945. It is now a rare occurrence for there to be a burial in this old cemetery.