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Catholic baptism but parents not married in church

  • 20-06-2015 12:18am
    #1
    sillymoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭


    Hello

    Just wondering if anyone could help with this question, can a child get baptised if the parents did not have a church wedding? Thanks


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  • #2
    eviltwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    I don't think it will be an issue, many parents in second marriages and those who are not married at all get their kids christened, it shouldn't be a problem.


  • #3
    Peregrinus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,258 ✭✭✭✭Peregrinus


    The general rule is that for an infant to be baptised there must be "a well-founded hope that the infant will be brought up in the Catholic religion". So you can expect their to be some exploration of whether the parents are living as Catholics and, if not, whether there can be any expectation of whether the child will be brought up in the Catholic religion. The issue of why the parents weren't married in the Catholic church may, or may not, be relevant to that, depending on the reasons for it.


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