Catholic and COE Wedding Question (URGENT)
Catholic and COE Wedding Question (URGENT)
Submitted by savvyplanners on 18 November, 2008 - 17:30.
URGENT:
Thank you Vicar. I posted this in the wrong area.
I have a client asking if there would be any problem with her marrying a catholic in a COE church. I responded that in her own parish it would be fine and then she countered with:
"The ceremony would not take place in our own parish. The chosen venue for the wedding has a chapel attached and this would be the first choice. Would we need to contact the Dean of the Parish first to gain permission to hold a catholic ceremony in his area or do we contact a catholic priest in our own area to see if he would be willing to carry out this service."
Can you offer correct information please? I'd like to be able to help her ASAP please.
Thanks very much.
Comments
Hi Savvy PLanners
Often Chapels attached to venues that have been country houses were originally private family chapels. As such they don't tend to be part of the local parish. It's unlikely that the Church of England would have an involvement in this situation.
In order to marry in any venue - even with a registrar/civil marriage - the venue needs to be licensed for marriages. So that is the first question with the venue management.
Even so - an Anglican Vicar would not be able to marry a couple in any other than a CofE Church, because of the registers (each Church has it's own set).
I'm not sure on the rules for RC priests because (as I understand it) they are not registrars and need to bring a registrar in. So that would be the next question to take up with the minister concerned
Hope this helps you
kind regards
Jan Harney (Rev'd)
http://www.asineden.co.uk