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Can An Episcopal Priest Create The Ground Holy For A Burial In A Non-church Affiliated Cemetery?


Yes. This is from Rite 1 Burial of the Dead in the 1979 Book of Common Prayer (the current version):
The Consecration of a Grave
If the grave is in a place that has not previously been set apart for Christian burial,
the Priest may use the following prayer, either before the service of Committal or at
some other convenient time
O God, whose blessed Son was laid in a sepulcher in the
garden: Bless, we pray, this grave, and grant that he whose
body is (is to be) buried here may dwell with Christ in
paradise, and may come to thy heavenly kingdom; through
thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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