Catholic Weddings in Italy - Seaside Catholic Wedding Italy

Catholic Weddings in Italy - Seaside Catholic Wedding in Italy

IMPORTANT:

No Residency Requirements for a Catholic Wedding in Italy, in this region - Unlike most of Italy, indeed Europe, there are no residency nor minimum stay requirements for the region of the Coast of Maratea and the Cilento.
Catholic Weddings in Italy must be in a Catholic church.
To have a Catholic wedding, you must also get civil permission from your countries embassy/consulate - see civil wedding regulations.

For Catholic weddings, there is no need for a town-hall visit - a single church ceremony is suffice. The local priest will process all paperwork through the town hall.

The Catholic church you select in Italy will grant permission for a Catholic wedding in Italy, even if mixed religion, provided you have permission from your local parish. This permission comes in the form of an official Nulla Osta issued by your own local church. This Nulla Osta must be dated within 6 months of the wedding date otherwise it will expire.

Paperwork & Documents for a Catholic Wedding in Italy

Formal letter (Nulla Osta) from your parish priest granting permission for the wedding to be performed in a specific church in Italy. Ask us for the name and location of the church, and the address in Italy to which the approval must be sent. Some priests in Italy require the documentation be sent to Slow Dreams, others want it sent directly to the diocesan address of the specific church in Italy.
The letter must also state that you have fulfilled all PRE CANA procedures and be on normal church letterhead.
ALL certificates of baptism and confirmation must be sent TOGETHER - not separately with this letter.
Your priest should also secure a letter from the Archbishop or Vicar of the parish stating the same as in # 1.
Original of the marriage encounter with church seals/signatures (they issue a form usually). This original is not just the certificate but a type of signed questionnaire.
Seals or stamps from the parish office in order that everything looks correct.

NOTES:

The specific priest in Italy has final say on granting official permission for the wedding to move forward after seeing the paperwork.
In the case of one of the parties being divorced, the Catholic Church will not allow you to have a catholic wedding in Italy. You must have an annulment recognized by the Catholic Authorities.

Please advise us if you have had your marriage annulled.

Documents should not be issued and sent to us more than 6 months in advance or they expire.

Marriage Certificates
After the Catholic Wedding in Italy, the Church in which you were married will send copies of the marriage certificate to each of the Churches where you were baptized, and to the City Hall associated with the Church in Italy where the marriage was performed.

"Mixed" Weddings
Mixed weddings are defined to be between a Catholic and a non-Catholic. The local Italian Catholic church will most likely perform wedding ceremonies for mixed weddings provided that permission is first obtained from the couple's local parish priest.