For customized wedding ceremonies, the stipend ranges from $300.00 to $600.00 (plus travel expenses when required).
For Bishop Joseph to attend or conduct the wedding rehearsal the stipend is $100.00.
Bishop Joseph will dress according to your preferences - anything from a simple white robe to the full regalia and vestments of a Bishop. And even a suit and tie if that is your preference (although robes of some sort make for more memorable pictures).
As required by law, Bishop Joseph is licensed by the State of Nevada and registered in New YorkCity as a marriage officiant. In any other jurisdiction, he follows the prescribed requirements for marriage officiants.
Although based in Las Vegas, Bishop Joseph is also available for out-of-area and destination weddings. Obviously he is more readily available in Nevada, Arizona, Southern California, and Southern Utah where wedding ceremonies can be officiated in any suitable location, e.g. chapels, hotels, parks, golf clubs, banquet facilities, boats, Lake Mead, etc.
To engage Bishop Joseph's services as wedding officiant or to check on his availability, please contact him at 702-878-1006, nationwide cell: 908-513-6397, or by e-mail at cacnv@cox.net
Wedding Officiant Associates
Tel. (702) 878-1006 (o)
Tel. (908) 513-6397 (c)
Thank you, dear bride and groom, for your interest in our wedding officiant service. First of all, congratulations to you both on your up-coming marriage.
Since you are planning to be married, it is essential that you select an experienced officiant to conduct your wedding ceremony. (I was the wedding coordinator and officiant on three cruise lines in New York harbor for five years. I also officiated hundreds of weddings nationally and internationally.) Above all, the wedding ceremony is the most important part of your wedding day. It is, indeed, the very keystone to which all your planning leads and from which your celebrations flows. At the same time your families and friends will remember your wedding ceremony long after the music has stopped and the lights are out at your reception.
No doubt you want an officiant who will reflect in the ceremony your love and your values, whether the ceremony be religious in any faith tradition, cross cultural (Hispanic, Persian, Indian, Muslim, Native American, Jewish, etc. or Christian/any of the preceding), or simply civil. In all cases, you want a romantic ceremony, composed by an officiant who will take the time to discuss your wishes with you and incorporate those wishes into the ceremony.
I will compose a romantically beautiful and truly memorable wedding cremony which will reflect your wishes. Additional optional ceremonies can be included, e.g. ceremonies to include children, the unity candle , the rose , jumping the broom, the exchange of coins, the lazo, the veil, etc. If there are other cultural ceremonies you want to include, you simply need to make your wishes known. In short, I will do everything in my poweer to make your wedding day as wonderful as you deserve.
The stipend (fee) depends on the overall situation. For a simple ceremony according the Ritual Books of the Roman Catholic Rite or the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, the stipend is $250.00 (plus travel expenses when required). Although Bishop Joseph is a validly ordained priest and Bishop, he is not under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church. He is a Knight Prelate of the Byzantine Order of the Holy Sepulchre.
