My fiance was married to a catholic armenian woman (church and court), he did not convert.
we are planning to get marry soon and I want to know if we can get marry by the catholic church.
Does the armenian church belongs to the catholic religion?
We are both raised catholic. Any feed back will be helpful. Thanks
2007-12-04 06:13:21 · 13 answers · asked by Incognito 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
Speak to the priest or monsignor in charge of the church. Your fiance may need to get his first marriage annuled in the catholic church.
My father was never married in the catholic church, he and 1st wife were not catholic. My mother is his 2nd wife and the catholic church would not marry them initially - they married in a Unitarian church and separately pursued the catholic church annulment. It took a while and I was there when they renewed their vows in the catholic church.
2007-12-04 06:20:23 · answer #1 · answered by nova_queen_28 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I am not aware of any Catholic church that will marry a divorced person. To get married in the Catholic Church, your fiance will have to get an annulment from his first wife, or she has to pass away. Annulment is expensive and takes time, and is not guaranteed. You may want to consider a different Christian denomination to have your wedding at if a religious wedding is important to you. However, in case I'm wrong, I think it's best to ask an official of the Catholic Church about your circumstances (a priest or bishop or cardinal).
2007-12-04 06:22:48 · answer #2 · answered by Trivial One 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Your fiance will need to get the first marriage annulled. Speak to your priest about this because there are only certain conditions under which an annullment will be granted; if they just decided they weren't happy together then the church probably isn't going to grant one. If, on the other hand, he wanted kids and his wife didn't then you would have grounds for it. The priest will walk you through the process and then I believe the bishop must approve it. When my husband went through this it was fairly easy.
2007-12-04 07:22:17 · answer #3 · answered by Meems 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It will depend on whether or not your fiance had permission to get married out of the church the first time. If he didn't, then he will get a letter of improper form, which is easy to get and takes about a month. If the Church does recognize his marriage as valid, he will need an annulment, which is lengthy and is not guaranteed to be granted.
Good luck.
2007-12-04 09:39:16 · answer #4 · answered by sarah jane 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Catholic Church wont marry you until he gets an annulment.
My fiance was married too, so we are going to receive "New Family Blessing" wich is not a proper marriage. I looked all over for a priest to give us this blessing, we are not going to have mass its just a Blessing we will have rings, nothing else.
Serious your fiance needs to start that process asap.
2007-12-04 07:29:17 · answer #5 · answered by Marquel 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You will have to contact your priest to see what the variables are, even if he's divorced and it's desolved through the "armenian" church you might still need an annulment.
2007-12-04 07:36:58 · answer #6 · answered by L H 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It really depends on the church itself and how strict they are on marriage. Some believe that you should not marry after divorce and may give you a difficult time. Others will just want you to go through the normal pre-marriage counseling with them and do things their way, that's all. Start calling a few local churches up and ask them, that's your best bet.
2007-12-04 06:50:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
If you want to marry someone in the Catholic church, regardless of where the original marriage was held, you must request an anullment, which I personally think is a load of crap. You will have to go through an arduous proceeding, including an awful questionairre about why the original marriage failed. The questions are demeaning and very personal. If the ex wife wants to remain in good standing with the church, she must complete this crappy paperwork.
If the church likes your answers, they will wave their crucifix and "poof!" it's like you were never married in their eyes.
I was raised Catholic, and it leaves any children from the marriage feeling like bastards in the eye of the church.
I really hate this about the Catholic religion. I will never understand their reasoning for this procedure.
2007-12-04 06:25:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
no, unless it was an Armenian "Catholic" Church, it does not count. Armenians are Apostolic, which is a different, much older branch of Christianity.. it should be ok...talk to a priest about it.
2007-12-04 16:09:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
If he's divorced, he needs to first have that marriage annulled.
He'll need to go talk to his parish priest, and have that lengthy process started.
2007-12-05 01:50:34 · answer #10 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋