Issuing a baptism certificate

Once a baptism is recorded, Vianney can produce a certificate — to print, save, or send — and can handle certificate requests from other parishes.

Issue a certificate

• 1. Open a recorded baptism case and click Issue certificate.
• 2. Review the certificate fields (child, date, parents, godparents, place).
• 3. Print it (your browser prints to paper or PDF), Save to register, or Mark issued.
• 4. To email it, use Send certificate, enter the recipient, and queue it for sending.

Requests from other parishes

A parish needing a certificate can submit a request, which appears under Cert requests. Open it, use Search the parish to find the person, Accept match, then Prepare certificate and finally Mark fulfilled (or Decline with a reason).

Tips

• Identity is matched by a human — you confirm the person before preparing anything.
• Keep register details accurate; the certificate reads from the recorded entry (see Recording a baptism).