Office of the Tribunal

The Church is aware of the stresses in our modern world associated with marital breakdown and divorce. The Church endeavors to reach out to the pain and hurt of a divorced person, while upholding the permanence of a valid marriage. By declaring null those marriages which fall below the minimum standards set by canon law, the Church protects the dignity of marriage for those couples who have a valid marriage.

The Tribunal is a Church court, which makes investigations of marriages that may be null. Such declarations can often help the divorced person who has remarried or is intending another marriage in the Catholic Church. It may also assist a divorced Catholic who is seeking clarification of his or her status in the church.

Office hours: 8:30 a.m-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday

Tribunal (907) 297-7724 - (907) 297-7764 (fax)
Judicial Vicar	Rev. Thomas T. Brundage, JCL
Judge	Deacon William Finnegan, JCL
Defenders of the Bond	Rev. Scott J. Garrett, JCL
	Mrs. Miriam C. Donohue
Case Manager	Sr. Joan Oberle, CPPS
Auditor	Jenny Michaelson

Office of the Tribunal
Archdiocese of Anchorage
The Pastoral Center

225 Cordova Street
Anchorage, AK 99501

Office hours: 8:30 a.m-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday

Other Tribunals in Alaska

Diocese of Fairbanks
Ms. Barbara Thieme Tolliver
Tribunal Administrator
907-374-9516

Diocese of Juneau
Tribunal Office in Ketchikan
Rev. Patrick Travers, JCL, JD
Judicial Vicar
907-247-2755
Fax: 907-225-2571
juneautribunal@worldnet.att.net

Byzantine-Ruthenian Catholics of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Utah, California, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Hawaii
includes Eparchy of Van Nuys Tribunal
Rt. Rev. Francis Vivona, JCL
Judicial Vicar
P.O. Box 81648
Las Vegas, NV 89180
702-873-5102
Fax: 702-873-5104