Baptism with No Godparents

[gemmy2242]

I converted to the Catholic Church about 4 years ago and married a non-Catholic in a church ceremony. I am now pregnant and want to have my child baptized in the Church.

My concern is, I have no family or close friends that are practicing Catholics and really do not want someone I do not know ( I don’t know anyone in my parish well if at all, we recently moved to a new area) to be my child’s godparent.

Can I have my child baptized without having a Catholic godparent present?

 

[bilop]

I converted to the Catholic Church about 4 years ago and married a non-Catholic in a church ceremony. I am now pregnant and want to have my child baptized in the Church.

My concern is, I have no family or close friends that are practicing Catholics and really do not want someone I do not know ( I don’t know anyone in my parish well if at all, we recently moved to a new area) to be my child’s godparent.

Can I have my child baptized without having a Catholic godparent present?

I’m pretty sure you need at least one godparent.

Congratulations on the new arrival! God Bless

 

[1ke]

Can I have my child baptized without having a Catholic godparent present?

If you have someone in mind who cannot physically be present at the baptism, they can be the Godparent by proxy.

Talk to your priest about it.

 

[cameron_lansing]

I’m pretty sure you need at least one godparent.

In so far as possible (canon 872).

 

[Br.Rich_SFO]

I converted to the Catholic Church about 4 years ago and married a non-Catholic in a church ceremony. I am now pregnant and want to have my child baptized in the Church.

My concern is, I have no family or close friends that are practicing Catholics and really do not want someone I do not know ( I don’t know anyone in my parish well if at all, we recently moved to a new area) to be my child’s godparent.

Can I have my child baptized without having a Catholic godparent present?

The answer is probably going to be no. Canon Law requires for licitness at least one Godparent of either gender except in emergency situations.