The Office of Canonical Services and Tribunal serves the diocese by providing expert guidance on Church law and ensuring justice in canonical matters. Canonical Services supports the bishop, clergy, and parishes with advice on sacramental records, dispensations, and ecclesiastical procedures. The Tribunal, as the diocese’s judicial body, primarily handles marriage annulments and other canonical cases with diligence and care, upholding the teachings of the Church.
What is the Tribunal?
A judicial office that investigates and adjudicates canonical cases, primarily marriage annulments, ensuring justice and adherence to Church law.
What is an Annulment?
An annulment is a legal or religious declaration that a marriage was never valid, effectively treating it as if it never existed, due to specific conditions like fraud, bigamy, or lack of consent at the time of the marriage.
What is Canon Law?
Guidance on Church law, sacramental records, dispensations, and ecclesiastical procedures to support the bishop, clergy, and parishes.
Marriage Information
The Tribunal in the Diocese of Phoenix processes all marriage permissions and dispensations, and prenuptial files for marriages of residents of the Diocese of Phoenix who will be married in another diocese.
Links and Resources
Tribunal & Canonical list of resources for annulments cases, sacramental records, dispensations adherence to Church law.