New Orleans, Louisiana

Officiant & Ceremony

In New Orleans: Louisiana has rules worth reading before you book anything. You apply for the licence at a Clerk of Court, both of you present, and there is a seventy-two hour waiting period between issue and ceremony that only a judge can waive — which catches destination couples flying in on a Thursday for a Saturday wedding. The licence is valid thirty days and must be returned by the officiant after the ceremony. Louisiana also offers covenant marriage, a distinct and harder-to-dissolve legal status you must opt into deliberately; nobody will give it to you by accident, but know it exists. Catholic parishes here commonly require six months of preparation, so a church wedding starts earlier than the venue does.

7 listings · checked August 2026

• First Grace United Methodist Church — New Orleans · firstgraceumc.org · (504) 488-0856
• Heart 2 Heart Family Worship Center — New Orleans · heart2heartfwc.com · (504) 259-0659
• Nineveh Baptist Church — Metairie · ninevehbaptistchurch.com · (504) 464-9610
• St Joseph Church — New Orleans · stjosephchurch-no.org · (504) 522-3186
• St. Luke’s Episcopal Church — New Orleans · stlukesneworleans.org · (504) 821-0529
• St. Patrick’s Church — New Orleans · oldstpatricks.org · (504) 525-4413
• Tulane Hillel — New Orleans · tulanehillel.org · (504) 420-7406

Churches and congregations

These are places of worship rather than for-hire officiants. Many will marry members of their own congregation, or couples willing to join and complete a marriage preparation course, and some will not marry non-members at all. Several also price the building, the clergy and the musician separately. Ask early what they require of you — policy varies widely between denominations, and between individual congregations of the same denomination.

• Canal Street Church — New Orleans · canalmosaic.org · (504) 482-1135
• City Church Eastlake Campus — New Orleans · citychurchnola.nucleus.church · (504) 246-5121
• Felicity New Orleans — New Orleans · felicitynola.com · (504) 457-8513
• Rayne Memorial United Methodist Church — New Orleans · raynenola.org · (504) 899-3431

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