Canonical Services and Tribunal

Office of Canonical Services and Tribunal

Diocesan Pastoral Center 
P.O. Box 5147 
701 Lawrenceville Road 
Trenton, NJ 08638-0147

Phone: 609-406-7411
Fax: 609-406-7424 

Judicial Vicar, Rev. Oscar B. Sumanga, J.C.D.   
 
Vice Chancellor, Rev. Jean R. Felicien, J.C.L.
 
Adjutant Judicial Vicars,  Rev. Jean R. Felicien, J.C.L., Rev. Javier A. Díaz, J.C.L., Rev. Juan D. Peirano, J.C.L.


Defenders of the Bond, Deacon Joseph A. Hannawacker, J.C.L. 
Promoter of Justice, Very Rev. Peter J. Alindogan, J.C.L.
 
Tribunal Judges:

• Rev. Oscar B. Sumanga, J.C.D.
• Rev. Jean R. Felicien, J.C.L.
•  Rev. Javier A. Díaz, J.C.L.
• Juan D. Peirano, J.C.L.

• Rev. Michael M. Nguyen, C.M., J.C.L.
• Rev. Msgr. John K. Dermond, J.C.L.
• Rev. Msgr. Edward J. Arnister, J.C.L.

 
Moderator of the Tribunal, Ms. Evelyn Aguiar,
Secretary of the Tribunal, Ms. Roseimelda Moore 

Ecclesiastical Notaries

• Ms. Evelyn Aguiar
• Ms. Roseimelda Moore

Welcome to the homepage for the Office of Canonical Services/Tribunal. We are here to assist with matters related to the Canon Law of the Catholic Church, especially those related to Marriage and the other Sacraments of the Catholic Church.

The Office of Canonical Services offers assistance for persons entering marriage and for questions related to Canon Law in general and Sacraments in particular.

The Office of the Tribunal assists persons in determining their status, or vindicating their rights, in the Catholic Church. Most of its service is directed to divorced persons who want to remarry in the Church or who seek to have the Church accept their current union as valid.

For more information on:

• a marriage case you submitted to Tribunal

• an annulment or dissolution case to which you are a party

• a possible annulment or dissolution request by your former spouse

• a petition you sent to Tribunal that was returned to you

Please telephone, write or e-mail the Office of Tribunal. Information about our cases is confidential and its release is limited.