Tribunal

                   Archdiocese of New York
                     Metropolitan Tribunal
                                1011 First Avenue
                              New York, N.Y. 10022
                              Phone: 646-794-3200
                          Email: [email protected]

Pre-Marital Investigation Forms (effective July 20, 2018) 
English PMI July 2018
Spanish PMI July 2018

Tribunal Forms
Below are online versions of our applications and forms to download and print:

Application / Petition for Declaration of Nullity of a Marriage

Solicitud / Demanda para la Declaración de Nulidad Matrimonial

Please mail the completed application to the Metropolitan Tribunal of the Archdiocese of New York, 1011 First Avenue, New York, NY 10022. Once it is received you will be contacted by a Tribunal staff member informing you about the next step.

There is $100 application fee to be paid when an application for a Declaration of Nullity is     submitted.  (Effective November 20, 2016)

Petition for a Declaration of Invalidity due to Lack of Form (Canon 1108)

Please Note:  The Petition for a Declaration of Invalidity due to Lack of Form must be filled out with your parish priest, who will then mail it to the Metropolitan Tribunal.

There is $75 application fee to be paid when a Declaration of Invalidity due to Lack of Form is submitted.  (Effective November 20, 2016)

Questions:
Phone:  646-794-3200
Email:   [email protected]

Judicial Vicar 
Very Rev. Richard L. Welch, C.Ss.R, J.C.D.
 
Associate Judicial Vicar 
Rev. Anthony O. Omenihu, J.C.D.
 
Promoter of Justice 
Rev. Robert Hospodar, J.C.L.       
 
Tribunal Judges 
Very Rev. Richard L. Welch, C.Ss.R, J.C.D.
Rev. Nicholas E. Callaghan, J.C.L. (J.C.D. cand. Rome)
Deacon John W. Lyttle Jr., J.D., LL.M., J.C.L.
Rev. Michael T. Martine, J.C.L. 
Rev. Anthony O. Omenihu, J.C.D.
Silvana Usandivaras, LL.M., J.C.L. 
Rev. Msgr. Kenneth Smith, S.T.B.
 
Defenders of the Bond 
Rev. Msgr. Oscar A. Aquino, J.C.D. 
Rev. Jayaraj Putti, J.C.L. 

Auditors
Rev. Jayaraj Putti, J.C.L.
Rev. Robert M. Pagliari, C.Ss.R, Ph.D., M.R.E., M.Div., M.A.
Ingrid Peña 

Moderator of the Tribunal 
Jane Ann Sargia
 
Advocates 
Maria Belardo
Lydia Martinez
Ingrid Peña

Notaries 
Gabriela Arechiga, M.A.
Kimberly Baez
Janet Estrada - Assistant to Judicial Vicar
Maria Luisa Rivera – Assistant to Judicial Vicar for Special Cases
Zachary Quiza
 
Tribunal Finance Office Administrator 
Catherine Campisi
 
Receptionist/Archivist 
Carmen Rodriguez
 
Student 
Rev. Brian Taylor,  J.C.L. (J.C.D. candidate Rome)