Can You Have The Same Conformation Sponsor As Someone Else?

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I want my boyfriend to be my sponsor, but he was already his brother’s sponsor. Do I have to look for another person to be my sponsor, or is it okay that he is a sponsor for the both of us?
 
At our parish, we recommend sponsors be of the same sex and make every effort to avoid personal/intimate relationships. This allows your catechesis and formation to flow more freely of your own will.
 
When I look at old parish registers it’s not rare to see one woman as sponsor for all the girls confirmed in a year and one man for all the boys.
 
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At our parish, we recommend sponsors be of the same sex and make every effort to avoid personal/intimate relationships. This allows your catechesis and formation to flow more freely of your own will.
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I understand the recommendation to avoid personal /intimate relationships, but how does a sponsor of a different sex inhibit catechesis and formation?
 
I think the idea was that conversations can arise that might be awkward.
 
The short answer is that there is no objection in principle to a person acting as the sponsor for multiple confirmation candidates, either all together on one date or separately, over the years.

However, the boyfriend-girlfriend relationship might perhaps be a problem. You’d better ask the priest about that.
 
A person may sponsor multiple people. I have sponsored several women through RCIA. Sponsoring more than one person in the same year is possible but is logistically problematic.

It is recommended that a sponsor not be a spouse or significant other of a catechumen or candidate much in the same way that a parent not sponsor a child.
 
My father in the 1960’s was confirmation sponsor for I believe 12 boys.
 
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