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Getting married outside of your parish

  • 30-09-2013 6:09pm
    #1
    catrionanic
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    Hi all.

    Totally new to this marriage lark - my bf proposed to be on the 22nd and am over the moon, but also very confused!

    I am Irish and he is Welsh, and in light of the fact that marriage is all about compromise, we are hoping to get married in his home turf in rural (and beautiful!) Wales.

    I am a Catholic, he has never been baptised. A Catholic ceremony is very very important to me.

    I was basically wondering what people's experiences are of how difficult it is to have a Catholic ceremony outside of their home parish. I have a lovely understanding priest who has known me since my first confession, but it would be too much to ask him to travel from Belfast to Pembrokeshire. I'm sure he would give me his blessing or whatever, but presumably we will have to find a welsh priest willing to marry us even when he doesn't really know us, and I'm a bit worried about how feasible this will be.

    So I'd really appreciate any tips on what I should do next and how I should go about it. Are there any things I definitely should (or definitely shouldn't?!) say and do? My plan is to go and speak with my priest for some advice, and then arrange a meeting with a priest in one of the Catholic churches there...


Comments

  • #2
    pwurple
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    I'd say your plan sounds about right. We got married outside our parishes. Your own priest will write a letter for you to give to the priest in wales. Confirming baptism and confirmation dates, and that you are not already married and are free to marry there. That should be all you need from a church perspective. Probably some other legal bits and pieces to do over there, notice to marry, that kind of thing.

    Oh, and congratulations!


  • #3
    sillysocks
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    There's no issue with you getting married outside your parish. As pwurple says you would just need a 'letter of freedom' from your home parish to give to the priest where you are getting married. There's some paperwork to do too but priests would be well used to that. The paperwork only took about half an hour for us so not a big deal.

    I'd say the bigger problem might be finding someone who will marry you in a Catholic ceremony if your husband isn't Catholic.


  • #4
    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,986 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    Ask your local priest about the catholic church allowing the marriage 1st.


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