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Dave wrote:

Hi, guys —

I am Catholic and I have been married twice to non-Catholics:

  • once in a Protestant church
  • once by a Lutheran minister

Both marriages ended in divorce. I want to remarry, for the last time, and my fiancée is Catholic. We would, God willing, like to be married in a Catholic Church.

  • Does the Church recognize my prior marriages?
  • Will they need to be annulled or will this be seen as my first marriage by the Church?

Thank you in advance,

Dave

  { As a Catholic, if I have been married twice to non-Catholics, does the Church recognize them? }

Mary Ann replied:

Hi, Dave —

If you were a Catholic at the time, your prior marriages are presumably invalid, but the Church needs to review them to be sure.

Mary Ann

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