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Gina —
While certainly it would be wonderful
and important to his salvation to
receive baptism and become Catholic,
by no means does he need to become
Catholic for you to get married in
the Church.
It would be preferable for him to
be baptized because he sincerely
believes and accepts the Catholic
faith, not out of any sense of compulsion
or obligation. If he is not baptized
at your wedding, you will need a
special, but routine, dispensation
from the bishop.
If he still wants to be received
into the Church, he should enroll
in RCIA classes; your pastor can
tell you who to speak to. However,
it is exceedingly unlikely he'll
be able to receive baptism within
your ten month period of time.
Typically, adult baptisms are done
at the Easter Vigil and require many
months of preparation. (enrolling
in the fall or even earlier.)
Eric
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