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Meg,
The person who stood up as the sponsor (whether personally or through a proxy) is the sponsor in the book for all time. It cannot be changed as it is a historical record.
That being said, the Register speaks of them as Sponsor and not as Godmother or Godfather. These are spiritual terms and not canonical terms. Therefore, although you can have only one male sponsor and one female sponsor, canon law is silent on who is called a Godparent.
The Congregation for Worship studied this question and concluded that, although a priest cannot subtract a name from the record (i.e. the sponsor), the priest could add someone's name to the notes in the record.
Therefore, the best your priest can do for you is add another name of someone to the record, however, the priest cannot issue a new Baptism Certificate with a different name.
Most churches should have another form of Baptism Certificate that lists only the Church, the name, and the date of Baptism. You could ask for one of those to keep in your files.
I hope that is helpful.
Fr. Jonathan
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