The Tribunal of the Eparchy of Passaic has faculties for granting dispensations and to
process marriage files that need to be sent to other eparchies/dioceses. You can download
current marriage preparation and dispensation forms here. Please plan well in advance
and submit your dispensation requests early. 

Please send your forms to the attention of:

the Judicial Vicar and Syncellus for Canonical Affairs, The Very Rev. Eduard Shestak, JCOL, STD.

Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic

445 Lackawanna Ave.

Woodland Park, NJ  07424

Pre-nuptial investigation form

Verification of freedom to marry

Parental permission of a minor

Information concerning each and every prior marriage

Information for a convalidation

Proof of baptism

Proof of no baptism

Information about the couples future residence

Notification to Catholic parish of baptism

Dispensation from the canonical form of marriage

Marriage permission of dispensation form

Permission or delegation for a priest to bless a marriage outside of a Catholic church building

Special circumstances

Episcopal Prohibition of the celebration of marriage