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Marriage in catholic church

  • 18-08-2017 3:34pm
    #1
    JBhoy84
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    Hi all looking for some info on anyone in a similar situation.

    Myself and my fiancée are planning to marry next year we are both catholics living in Ireland.
    She was previously married in the UK in a civil ceremony marriage and got divorced obviously sense that.

    We are planning to have a religious ceremony in a catholic church...

    Is this possible?

    I have heard a lot of mixed opinions about this so I'm very confused...

    Help.


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  • #3
    JayRoc
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    Yes its possible.

    The catholic church wont recognise the previous civil marriage so as far as they are concerned you are both marrying for the first time.


    Agreed. I have a family member who was previously married in a Church of Ireland ceremony and then divorced (both in Ireland) and they were able to remarry in a RC church no bother.

    The Catholic Church doesn't seem to recognise civil ceremonies or COI ceremonies either!


  • #4
    vintagecosmos
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    I would confirm it with your priest to be sure.


  • #5
    Neyite
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    You probably need to check with the priest.

    A Catholic ceremony in Ireland combines both the State's legally binding ceremony and the Catholic Marriage Rite.

    So, while as far as the RCC is concerned, neither of you have been married before, legally it's a different story so that needs checking out to see if you can still combine the legal+religious part or do you need to do them separately.


  • #6
    Peregrinus
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    You should be OK, but you won't know for sure until you approach a priest and get confirmation.

    The Catholic position is that a Catholic is supposed to marry in a Catholic ceremony unless he or she gets a dispensation from the church beforehand, authorising a non-Catholic ceremony.

    So if your partner, a Catholic at the time, married in a civil ceremony and didn't get a church dispensation for that, the Catholic view is that their first marriage is invalid, and is not an obstacle to getting married now.

    They will nevertheless need to know that the first (civil) marriage has been (civilly) dissolved by a divorce or similar. So line up your paperwork both on the civil marriage and on the divorce and make an appointment with the parish priest of the parish in which you wish to marry.


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