That’s right, because the ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF TORONTO, say, cancelled his license. Priests perform the marriage, not witness it. Ontario law says:
Before you get married, you need either:
Code:
a marriage licence, or
a banns form that you get from a church when you publicly announce your commitment during a divine service (a church publishes this declaration, called “the publication of banns”)
Banns cannot be published if you or your spouse has been married before. You will need to get a marriage licence.
Logic says if the Church says the marriage is invalid, then the priest, had he known, would not have signed. No sign, no civil marriage either. That is the paradox.
I’ve never heard of this BANNS stuff in ON.
SELECT first_name, last_name
FROM authorized_religious_officiants
WHERE
religious_organization = ‘Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto’
ORDER BY municipality, last_name;
There are 21,000 religious officiants all over the map, not just Catholic.
Quote:
A religious marriage is performed by a religious official of a recognized religious body who has received authorization from the Office of the Registrar General to perform marriages in Ontario.
Check the online list of authorized religious marriage officiants to ensure that your religious officiant is authorized to perform marriages in Ontario.
It varies. This dispensation stuff means bunk if it is not allowed in the state where you are marrying. No dispensation attempt will even be made.
