I am trying to find out a Catholic Baptism certificate for my son but I forgot which church he was baptised at

Question

My son needs his Catholic Baptism Certificate but i can't remember which church he was baptised at. Is there a site or phone # I can go to that has all records of Baptisms?

Answer 1

Boy, that must have been a momentous occasion.

Answer 2

Chances are he was baptized in the Church within whose boundaries you lived at the time. If you remember that address or two cross streets, the local chancery can tell you what parish that area is in. There is no central site that has all records; records of Baptism, Confirmation, Marriage, Holy Orders are kept in the parish of the Baptism or the parish where the Sacraments were received. Do you remember who were the Godparents at the Baptism? Perhaps they remember the name of the Church. Were you or your husband in the military at the time? If the child had been baptized in a military chapel, the Catholic bishop of all military families would have a record of the baptism.

Answer 3

No there is not a central site. Call the Church's you think are his baptismal Church and ask each one individually. Did you not recieve a copy of his certificate and if you did why don't you still have it?

Answer 4

There is no central site or telephone number that has all records of Baptisms.

The best way to find out is to question those who were present at the Baptism like his godparents and your family.

With love in Christ.

Answer 5

What was the denomination of the congregation where you were baptized? "Catholic" means "universal," and there are certainly non-Roman Catholics who insist that they are members of the one, holy, catholic (universal) and apostolic Church. What this USUALLY means is that the Church has a threefold ministry (deacons, priests, and bishops), with the bishops in the unbroken line of the "apostolic succession." Roman Catholics pretty much mean "Roman Catholic" when they say "Catholic," although few would deny that the Eastern Orthodox are also "Catholic" in that sense. Most Orthodox might accept the consecration of Roman Catholic bishops as valid and in the apostolic succession, but most wouldn't want to use the word "catholic." Anglicans (Episcopalians in the U.S.) certainly insist that their bishops are in the apostolic succession, so they never doubt that they are part of the "one, holy, apostolic, and catholic" church. They fully accept the validity of Roman Catholic and Orthodox orders. If a baptized and confirmed Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox believer converts to the Episcopal Church, they are "received" into the Anglican Communion; they are NEVER re-baptized or re-confirmed, because their Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox baptism and confirmation were fully valid. A few Protestant churches have started to use the phrase "holy catholic church," but they mean something comletely different. So---again, it depends on the specific congregation where you were baptized. If it was a Roman Catholic church, then you are, indeed, a Roman Catholic, like your father. If it was anything else, you are whatever-that-was. Check the certificate; what specific congregation or parish does it refer to? I am going to go out on a limb here, though, and suggest that it was a Roman Catholic Church, so you are, in fact, a baptized (but, obviously, not confirmed) Roman Catholic. Your father is Roman Catholic and your mother doesn't seem to be overly committed to any religion; in the past, they would have been pressured to take instructions in the Roman faith, and would have vowed to have all children baptized and reared as Roman Caholics. I'll bet that's what happened.

Answer 6

I think that you should be able to go to a catholic church and ask a question. In my country, we go to the Registration Office and just give them the information and they pull up the records. Some place should have all the information.

Answer 7

Call the local Bishop's office of your diocese. Surely you must remember the city or the town the church was in?

Answer 8

Why does he need this?

Even if you find it, it won't help him get into heaven.

Your son and you can only get to heaven if you individually repent of your sins and ask Jesus ( not a priest ) to forgive them.

This applies to everyone not just you.

Pastor Art

Answer 9

If you can remember the area (geographically) call any rectorys in that area and they will be able to help direct you in your search...

Answer 10

You can have him re-baptized. Infant baptism doesn't mean anything, he has to make his own decsion. I was raised RC and did the samething. I was re-baptisted a year ago.