Cemetery #173644
São João Batista Cemetery
Local name: Cemitério São João Batista
Also known as Cemitério de São João Batista · Cimetière São João Batista
0
documented records
≈ 3,800–7,500
approx. capacity (graves)
0.188 km²
cemetery area
Oct 18, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
Created under a decree of 16 October 1851 that authorised the Santa Casa de Misericórdia to administer the city's cemeteries, São João Batista was officially inaugurated on 4 December 1852. It is a municipal necropolis in Botafogo, originally owned by the Santa Casa and run since August 2014 by the private company Rio Pax. It has a chapel dedicated to St John the Baptist and a section reserved for the burial of the Sisters of Charity.
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 22.959015° S, 43.188363° W Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- São Francisco de Paula Cemetery 4.5 km away · Rio de Janeiro
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- Ordem da Penitência Cemetery 8.6 km away · Rio
- Caju Jewish Communal Cemetery 8.7 km away · Rio de Janeiro
- São Francisco Xavier Cemetery 9.1 km away · Rio
- Charitas Cemetery 10 km away · Niterói
- Rio de Janeiro Jewish Cemetery 13 km away · Rio de Janeiro
- Inhaúma Cemetery 13 km away · Del Castilho
- Maruí Cemetery, Niterói 14 km away · Niterói
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How big is São João Batista Cemetery?
São João Batista Cemetery covers about 18.8 hectares (188,000 m²), about the same size as Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris. It is the 6th largest of the 308 cemeteries we list in Rio de Janeiro.