INTERVIEW: Bishop-elect of Clifton talks about marriage, parenting in a secular world, the pressures faced by priests and much more, including the Church's greatest asset

Pope Francis appointed Rev. Canon Bosco MacDonald as the tenth Bishop of Clifton on 14 March 2024. It followed the Pope on the same day accepting the resignation of the Right Reverend Declan Lang as Bishop of the Diocese of Clifton, one of 22 dioceses in England and Wales. 

The Catholic Herald subsequently spoke to Clifton's new bishop-elect on issues ranging from his personal religious formation to the Sacrament of Matrimony to challenges being faced by the Church in the UK.

Catholic Herald: At what stage of your life did you feel that you were being called to the priesthood, and can you explain what it felt like and how your vocation manifested itself?