The process can take 6 months to a year and it comes with some general guidelines. If you tell your priest the happy news, secure the correct documents and take required pre-marriage courses, you will be walking down the Catholic aisle before you know it.

Can someone be a godparent if they are not Catholic?

Baptized non-Catholic Christians may not be official godparents for the record book, but they may be Christian witnesses for your child. People who are not baptized Christians cannot be sponsors for baptism, since they themselves are not baptized.