Tribunal's Marriage Ministry
 

All persons have rights within the society of the Church. The Office of Tribunal/Canonical Affairs exists to vindicate these rights and to serve truth.

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Jesus said, "What God has joined together, no one must separate." Catholics do not believe that a civil divorce decree ends a marriage; it merely terminates the legal effects of marriage. The Tribunal's ministry to separated and divorced persons is to uphold and preserve the integrity of the Sacrament of Matrimony.

Through a judicial process, the Tribunal is asked to determine whether the previous relationship enjoyed the kind of wholeness, integrity, soundness and health that the Church requires for marriage. Persons in a relationship which never rose to this level are free to marry in the Church.

 

 

Frequently Asked Questions

Click on the title above to find answers to the most commonly asked questions about the marriage and the Tribunal process.

 

Tribunal Contact Information  

Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. Klinzing, J.C.L., Judicial Vicar 
Rev. Glen J. Pothier, D.Th., J.C.L., Adjutant Judical Vicar

Staff 
Judges

Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. Klinzing, J.C.L.
Rev. Msgr. Raymond Blair, J.C.D.
Rev. Glen J. Pothier, D.Th., J.C.L.
Rev. Damian Towey, CP, J.C.D.

Defenders of the Bond

Rev. Msgr. Ronald Beshara, S.T.L., J.C.L.
Rev. Damian Towey, CP, J.C.D.

Assessor

Rev. Msgr. James Burke, S.T.L.

Promoter of Justice

Rev. Damian Towey, CP, J.C.D.

Director of the Tribunal

Sandi Martínez

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