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Requirements to get married in a church?

  • 28-11-2011 11:56am
    #1
    random10
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    Rang the parish priest and booked the church there were three things I had to do I think.

    Accord marriage course, that's ok.

    Letter of freedom from any parish I'd lived in over age of 18. Do you ring all the parish offices?

    Something about making appointment with registrar and birth cert and confirmation cert? I'm confused it all sounds very complicated!!

    Anyone shed some light?


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  • #2
    karl tyrrell
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    A girl


  • #3
    BC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,326 ✭✭✭BC


    random10 wrote: »
    Rang the parish priest and booked the church there were three things I had to do I think.

    Accord marriage course, that's ok.

    Letter of freedom from any parish I'd lived in over age of 18. Do you ring all the parish offices?

    Something about making appointment with registrar and birth cert and confirmation cert? I'm confused it all sounds very complicated!!

    Anyone shed some light?

    I think you are mixing up the legal and the church requirements a little!
    They are separate processes. You need to fulfill the state requirements regarding to registering the marriage and you also need to complete the church requirements.

    The registrar is for the legal part of the process (not the church part).
    It means that you need to register your intent to marry with the registrar. You phone up and make an appointment and both you and your fiance attend together ( bringing all the paperwork) to the appointment. It costs 150 euro. You'll need your birth cert, details of the ceremony (when, where and who the priest is), the names of your witnesses, some offices ask for proof of address. They should give you a list when you make the appointment though.
    Details are here: http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/Find_a_Service/bdm/Getting_Married_in_Ireland/notifying%20registrar%20of%20intention%20to%20marry.html

    The other items you mention are the church requirements.
    You need to fill out a pre nuptual enquiry form with a priest in the parish where you live. A copy of the form is here: http://www.gettingmarried.ie/documents/prenuptial_enquiry.pdf
    In order for the priest to complete the form, he will need proof that you've done the pre marriage course (they give you a cert), your letters of freedom and your baptism cert. You and your fiance both need to complete the pre nup form individually.


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