Was I validly baptized?

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Can. 868 §1. For an infant to be baptized licitly:

1/ the parents or at least one of them or the person who legitimately takes their place must consent;

2/ there must be a founded hope that the infant will be brought up in the Catholic religion; if such hope is altogether lacking, the baptism is to be delayed according to the prescripts of particular law after the parents have been advised about the reason

My dad is not Catholic, but my mom is. Do both parents have to fulfill the second requirement? How can I know that they met the requirement?
 
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My dad is not Catholic, but my mom is. Do both parents have to fulfill the second requirement? How can I know that they met the requirement?
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The answer to your first question, is no it doesn’t matter that both of your parents were not Catholic . If you read the whole canon that you quoted, you would see that even infants whose parents are not Catholic can/should be baptized when there is a danger of death.

As far as*** knowing*** whether or not they met the requirement- the priest who baptized you obviously thought so at the time, why are you questioning it now?🤷
 
If your mother, who you state is Catholic, intended for you to be brought up Catholic (which it seems like she did), then I would believe that the second part of the Canon Law would be fulfilled.

If you are still unsure, feel free to go talk to your local priest about this to ensure accuracy. I do agree with the post above though that if you were baptized by a priest using water and the Trinitarian formula, then your baptism is valid.
 
McatholicN said:
Can. 868 §1. For an infant to be baptized licitly:

1/ the parents or at least one of them or the person who legitimately takes their place must consent;

2/ there must be a founded hope that the infant will be brought up in the Catholic religion; if such hope is altogether lacking, the baptism is to be delayed according to the prescripts of particular law after the parents have been advised about the reason

My dad is not Catholic, but my mom is. Do both parents have to fulfill the second requirement? How can I know that they met the requirement?
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These are the requirements for a Baptism to be licit. To be valid, the requirements are water and to be Baptized in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
 
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Can. My dad is not Catholic, but my mom is. Do both parents have to fulfill the second requirement? How can I know that they met the requirement?
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you know at least one of them consented because, if they are still in your life and raised you, and you were baptized with their knowledge, it could not have happened without their consent. Even if you had been kidnapped and baptized without their knowledge it would still be valid if carried out with the proper words and pouring of water, it would merely have been illicit. None of this is your problem so put it out of your mind.
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If you are still unsure, feel free to go talk to your local priest about this to ensure accuracy. I.
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don’t even bother with this there is no need whatever unless you know for absolute positive fact you were not baptized with water and the trinitarian formula.
 
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