⛪ : 7 canonical forms

These are the couples who must be physically present or in a very exceptional cases by proxy marriage. The couples should be externally and explicitly in attendance to signify and exchange their mutual consent or through an interpreter.

minister

Couple who must be present in person or by proxy in very exceptional cases. They should externally and explicitly signify and exchange their mutual consent or through words or signs themselves or thru an interpreter.

minister

Bishop, priest or deacon who assist at the marriage.

Ordained Official Witness

Wherever there is lack of priests and deacons, the diocesan bishop can delegate lay persons to assist at marriages with the previous favorable vote of the episcopal conference and after having obtained the permission of the Holy See.

Lay Official Church Witness

Minimum requirements are sufficient use of reason and knowledge of the nature of marriage.

Two Common Witnesses

in either of the cases presented in the slide if some other priests or deacon who can be present available, he must be called and be present in the celebration of the marriage together with the witnesses without prejudice to the validity of the marriage before witnesses only.

Extraordinary Form

Marriage without qualified person possible in two instances:

(If a person competent to assist according to the norm of law cannot be present or approached without grave inconvenience, those who intend to enter into a true marriage can contract it validly and licitly before witnesses only)

1/ in danger of death;

2/ outside the danger of death provided that it is prudently foreseen that the situation will continue for a month.

Extraordinary Form

it means that this binds couple for at least one of whom is baptized in the catholic church.

binding force

May be obtained for mixed marriage and disparity of cult on the following conditions: first, the local ordinary of the intended place of marriage was consulted and second, the norms of the episcopal conference on the requisites and matter of granting a dispensation has been complied with and marriage should still be public.

Dispensation from Canonical Form