Can a Catholic be baptized in another denomination?

Answer 1

Ordinarily, that person needs to go to classes in the Rite of Christian Initiation (RCIA) to become Catholic. The he/she would be received into full communion with the Catholic Church on Easter and receive Communion and Confirmation. There is no need for baptism, as the one Baptism is deemed valid. Consult your local priest for more info.

Answer 2

Roman Catholic AnswerNo, to be a Catholic is to already be baptized. To attempt to repeat baptism is sacrilege. To leave the Catholic Church to attend another is called apostasy, and carries very stiff penalties.

from Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980

Apostasy in Faith The complete abandonment of the Christian religion and not merely a denial of some article of the creed. Since apostolic times, it was classified among the major crimes, along with murder and adultery, whose remission in the sacrament of penance carried severe censures and, among certain rigorists, even remission of the sin was denied. St. Cyprian (d. 258), Bishop of Carthage, defended the Church's right to remit apostasy before the hour of death, and the practice was supported by Pope Cornelius (d. 253). Under the Christian Roman Empire, apostates were punished by deprivation of civil rights, including the power to bequeath or inherit property. During the late Middle Ages, Christians who apostatized were subject to trial and punishment by the Inquisition.

The code of canon law of 1918 declared that apostates from the faith (as also heretics and schismatics) incur ipso factoexcommunication, are deprived, after warning, of any benefice, dignity, pension, office, or any position they may have in the Church, and are declared under infamy. After a second warning, clerics are to be deposed, and members of a religious community automatically

dismissed.

Answer 3

There is only one baptism. You cannot be re-baptized, it is invalid. If you are re-baptized in a Pentecostal church, you have essentially renounced your Catholic faith.