Arranging a Minister

Usually, if a person does not have any church connection, and wishes to have a minister take the funeral service, the first person to contact would usually be the Parish Minister for the parish that the person lived.

Where a person has an active church connection or has specified their choice of minister, either we will make contact and the necessary arrangements, or families are free to make that contact themselves.

Most ministers do not usually charge a fee for taking a funeral service, however if a family wish to give the minister an honorarium, we are able to take care of this. If a minister other than the parish minister is used, he or she would usually be given a fee for taking the service.

Whilst we can arrange the availability of a minister, we would always put them in contact with the family to arrange the detail of the service personally.

There is no obligation to have a minister take the service, if a family want to take the service themselves, they can. There are also non-religious officiants available. Visit our non-religious page for more information.