General Wedding Church Requirements
NOTE: Other Churches/Parishes may require some other documents and/or seminars not specified below. To be sure, inquire at the parish office of the church you wish to be married in.
1. Baptismal and Confirmation Certificates: These relates to both the bride’s and the groom’s. These must be new copies and must have an annotation: “FOR MARRIAGE PURPOSES ONLY” and must have been secured not more than three (3) months before the date of marriage.
FOR MIXED MARRIAGE (different religions or Disparitas Cultas): a dispensation must be secured from the Archdiocesan Chancery Office at the Arzobispado de Manila, 121 Arzobispo St., Intramuros, Manila (near Manila Cathedral). The forms will be provided at the Parish Office which will be released after the canonical interview with the Parish Priest or his assistant. These have to be submitted one week before the wedding.
2. Marriage License: This can be secured from the city or municipality hall where either the bride or the groom currently resides.
For those who are civilly married, a certified true photocopy of the Marriage Contract with the registry number of the city or town where the marriage was performed must be submitted one week before the wedding date.
3. Canonical Interview: This interview with the bride and the groom will be done one month before the wedding date and will be conducted by the parish priest or his assistant. The schedule of the interview will be given upon the signing of the application form. Failure to report on the interview date or failure to notify the office of any change in the schedule will mean cancellation of the application and reservation of the church for the upcoming wedding.
4. Pre-Marriage Seminar: Both the bride and the groom have to attend this. The schedule for the seminar will be given during the canonical interview or you may inquire at the parish office. Some churches may allow attendance in other pre-wedding seminars such as the Catholic Engaged Encounter (CEE) or Discovery Weekend (DW) as a suitable substitute (if you have already attended either one of these, inquire at the parish office if they recognize either CEE or DW in lieu of their Pre-Marriage Seminar.)
5. Permission from bride’s parish: a permit from the parish of the bride-to-be must be secured and presented to the parish office of the couple’s chosen ceremony venue. The form will be provided by the parish office of your chosen church.
6. Marriage Banns: These will be provided during the canonical interview and have to be immediately brought to the respective parishes of the bride and the groom for posting. These have to be returned to the office after three Sundays. (Note: the respective parishes may ask some requirements for the posting of the banns [i.e. a ID picture from the bride and the groom])
7. List of names and addresses of principal sponsors (Ninongs & Ninangs): This has to be submitted to the parish office one week before the wedding date. Church policy requires at least a pair of sponsors and, ideally, a maximum of six sponsors.
Additional Requirements for Specific Cases
for widows or widowers: A copy of the death certificate of the former spouse must be presented to the parish office.
for Renewal of Vows: remember to bring a copy of the Catholic Marriage Contract.
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If I’m a filipino working abroad and my fiancee is in the Philippines. Do I still need the same requirement since I’m only allowed to have a vacation for one month only?
Hi I just want to ask lang po kung what are the requirements for church wedding for my Mom and Dad this is for their 28 years as they are only in Civil wedding. I want to know as am planning to give them a church wedding.
Same as what Elyquim mentioned above. Im working abroad as well. Do you have any idea that how long is the process to get everything mentioned above done? Is one month possible? Pls advise.
Thanks & regards.
I just want to ask if theres any church wedding w/c only the groom & bride & witness only. Yun tipong wala na mga entourage (like flower girl, ring bearer, brides maid & etc). It this possible po ba?
Pls help
Thanks
hi ellyquim,
yes, everyone submits the same requirements
hi what if my soon be husband is from other country?do he still need to bring all of those stuff with him?
you'll probably need more. check with your parish.
you'll probably need more. check with your parish.
hi january,
as stated above – For those who are civilly married, a certified true photocopy of the Marriage Contract with the registry number of the city or town where the marriage was performed must be submitted one week before the wedding date.
it really depends if you have all your documents ready. some documents you can acquire via representative others you really have to show up to get them.
for you to get married you only need the following: bride, groom, someone to officiate the wedding, 2 witnesses and of course the wedding rings. all there rest – icing on the cake
Hello,
My husband and I are married in the US, and we are planning to have another wedding in the Philippines. Do we still need to obtain a marriage license? And also, would you know if it's possible for an American Episcopalian priest can marry us in the Philippines even if neither my husband nor I are Episcopalian? (My uncle is an Episcopalian priest and we really want him to marry us). If it's not possible, will the Catholic church allow us to get married with a non-Catholic priest? I'm SO confused! The wedding is in a year, and we really want to get a leg up on the preparations.
Hello,
My husband and I are married in the US, and we are planning to have another wedding in the Philippines. Do we still need to obtain a marriage license? And also, would you know if it's possible for an American Episcopalian priest can marry us in the Philippines even if neither my husband nor I are Episcopalian? (My uncle is an Episcopalian priest and we really want him to marry us). If it's not possible, will the Catholic church allow us to get married with a non-Catholic priest? I'm SO confused! The wedding is in a year, and we really want to get a leg up on the preparations.
Hello,
My husband and I are married in the US, and we are planning to have another wedding in the Philippines. Do we still need to obtain a marriage license? And also, would you know if it's possible for an American Episcopalian priest can marry us in the Philippines even if neither my husband nor I are Episcopalian? (My uncle is an Episcopalian priest and we really want him to marry us). If it's not possible, will the Catholic church allow us to get married with a non-Catholic priest? I'm SO confused! The wedding is in a year, and we really want to get a leg up on the preparations.
same question as rianon… we are also married here in US (civil) but my dilemma is we are both not confirmed yet and thats what were trying to get done here now. the priest said that for us to get the sacrament of confirmation, he needs to bless our marriage already…so what will happen is our plan to get married in the philippines would be a renewal of vows already… so cinfused!
my fiance is from another country and wished to reside here after we get married. we suddently decided to do a small "garden" wedding here for my family and church wedding in his country afterwards …. i don't know which govt agency should we go first. and how much time we need to process all these doc so we can bring to his govt for filings too…. aaughhh !!
my fiance is from another country and wished to reside here after we get married. we suddently decided to do a small "garden" wedding here for my family and church wedding in his country afterwards …. i don't know which govt agency should we go first. and how much time we need to process all these doc so we can bring to his govt for filings too…. aaughhh !!
We are civilly married and both abroad..we are planning a catholic church wedding on June. We have different religion and I just want to confirm if the requirement written above is standard for all parish because we only got one month preparation (we're coming home May).. and we really want to make sure that everyting is in place. thanks
We are civilly married and both abroad..we are planning a catholic church wedding on June. We have different religion and I just want to confirm if the requirement written above is standard for all parish because we only got one month preparation (we're coming home May).. and we really want to make sure that everyting is in place. thanks
Hello,
My fiance and I are both from the Philippines even if we have lived in America all our life. We are planning to get married in the Philippines in a catholic church. However because the wedding plan is not for another year and due to circumstances we will be eloping / marrying in Las Vegas for now. I'm not sure if that would be considered as a civil wedding or not. My question is, if it's not considered a civil wedding, would the catholic church in the Philippines approve of our marriage there? Would it be considered as renewal of vows? I want to have a traditional wedding in P.I.
Hello,
My fiance and I are both from the Philippines even if we have lived in America all our life. We are planning to get married in the Philippines in a catholic church. However because the wedding plan is not for another year and due to circumstances we will be eloping / marrying in Las Vegas for now. I'm not sure if that would be considered as a civil wedding or not. My question is, if it's not considered a civil wedding, would the catholic church in the Philippines approve of our marriage there? Would it be considered as renewal of vows? I want to have a traditional wedding in P.I.
is it possible for the catholic church to conduct the canonical interview 1 week before the wedding because my fiancee who is also a filipino work abroad only for 3 months will go home 1 week before the wedding?
hi, i just want to ask if there are any churches in manila that accepts a Catholic and Muslim wedding. thanks!
hi, i just want to ask if there are any churches in manila that does weddings between a Catholic bride and Muslim groom. thanks
may i ask if the church in manila accepts marriage license if the party resides from another place where the marriage license was acquired. like i will be wed in manila, but my residence is in davao, my bride wants it in manila , would that be okey if i presented a license coming from my hometown?
The license is for the whole Philippines but be aware that it is only valid for 6 months. The church will also require the license to be presented/submitted.
Hi!
You can only obtain a marriage license from the place of residence of either the bride or the groom. Once you have it, however, you can use it anywhere in the country. It's valid for 120 days.
You mean a Catholic church? Yup, they all do. But you have to go through the Chancery office and you'll need to submit more docs. They call it a mixed-marriage.
what if i didnt have confirmation yet?
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