Church weddings last year increased by 12% over 2009 to reach 1,616, the Curia announced this morning.

In a statement, the Church said 1,379 marriages last year were between Malta and 68 where one of the spouses was Maltese and the other was foreign.

There were 14 marriages between Maltese and foreign Catholics, 12 between Maltese Catholics and foreign non-Catholic Christians; eight between Maltese Catholics and foreign non-Christians.

Also registered were 16 marriages between Maltese living abroad and 153 marriages between foreign couples.

The 68 foreigners who married in Church in Malta last year were evenly divided at 34 men and 34 women from 32 countries including the UK (six), Italy (four), the Philippines (four), Turkey (four), Ukraine (four), Russia (four) Ireland (four) Hungary (four) and Australia (four).

The highest number of weddings, 282, took place in June followed by 260 in May and 219 in July.

There were 57 civil weddings which were convalidated as Church weddings.

The Curia said there were 20 widows/widowers who remarried last year and 24 who remarried after their first married was annulled.

The statistics do not include marriages in Gozo.

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