11160 Stranwood Avenue
Mission Hills, CA 91345
Voice: 818 361 7387
Hours of Operation:
Monday through Friday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday: 10:00 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Holidays: Office Closed
Fall & Winter: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Spring & Summer: 8 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Description:
San Fernando Mission Cemetery is adjacent to the historic San
Fernando Mission Rey de España. Founded on September 8, 1797, the
mission is the seventeenth of the twenty-one missions founded by the
Franciscans in California. The original Mission Cemetery is located on
the north side of the Mission Church. The first burial was recorded in
1800 with the first interment in the church itself listed as 1798. The
current San Fernando Mission Cemetery was founded in 1952. The total
property consists of eighty-six acres with nearly thirty acres
undeveloped. San Fernando Mission Cemetery serves the entire San
Fernando Valley as well as the Santa Clarita Valley and surrounding
communities.