Can I have a catholic priest and a protestant minister officiate my wedding?
I was raised Catholic and my future husband was raised Protestant. We will be getting married at a chapel and I was wondering if we can have both a Catholic priest and a Protestant minister officiate our wedding. Have people done this? I’d love feedback. Thanks.
Many years ago my sister married a catholic. The wedding was in our home church with our current minister officiating (we are Baptist) but a catholic priest was asked to “bless the wedding” with a prayer. It was quite nice, and, as my mother said to the few church members who objected, newlyweds need all the blessings they can get! Anyway, you will probably want to select one to be the primary officiant, and then have the other say a prayer or read a scripture. Since you are the bride and you are catholic, I would think the priest would be the primary. Talk to officiants and they will be able to give you more information.
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December 31 2008 01:14 am | Protestant
friedokra99 on 31 Dec 2008 at 6:42 am #
Many years ago my sister married a catholic. The wedding was in our home church with our current minister officiating (we are Baptist) but a catholic priest was asked to “bless the wedding” with a prayer. It was quite nice, and, as my mother said to the few church members who objected, newlyweds need all the blessings they can get! Anyway, you will probably want to select one to be the primary officiant, and then have the other say a prayer or read a scripture. Since you are the bride and you are catholic, I would think the priest would be the primary. Talk to officiants and they will be able to give you more information.
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dms47949 on 31 Dec 2008 at 6:58 am #
Don’t see why not- I have been to several wedding where there were more than one member if clergy in the ceremony.
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Maud L nick-name,Eugenie on 31 Dec 2008 at 7:18 am #
can i have a catholic priest and a protestant minister officiate my wedding? Answer
yes you can,i have seen it ,and after,you can go to his church,and he can come to yours,take care and god bless.
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truefirstedition on 31 Dec 2008 at 7:57 am #
Most priests will only officiate a wedding at a Catholic church – I have never heard of one who would do weddings elsewhere.
But many people will have a priest and a Protestant/other denomination minister officiate at weddings taking place within a Catholic church – I went to one a few weeks ago.
The only thing to do is call your priest and his minister and ask.
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JM on 31 Dec 2008 at 8:23 am #
The Catholic Church is highly unlikely to do that. They are very specific. Only in a Catholic church by a priest. They may agree to let the Protestant minister come to the Catholic church and perform a blessing but they won't let the priest perform the ceremony anywhere else than a church. The Catholic Church also won't recognize a marriage performed outside of the church.
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Christine on 31 Dec 2008 at 8:35 am #
Is there an RC priest associated with the chapel? Normally priests will only perform the wedding in their church for registered parishioners, but you can ask your pastor. You can definitely have both officiating at A wedding, but YOUR wedding, as laid out here, is unlikely.
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