Robert Barron

Robert Barron

Robert Emmet Barron (born November 19, 1959) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and was named Bishop of Winona-Rochester in June 2022. He is the founder of the Catholic ministerial organization Word on Fire, and was the host of Catholicism, a documentary TV series about Catholicism that aired on PBS. Previously, he served as rector at Mundelein Seminary. Barron has published books, essays, and articles on theology and spirituality. He is a religion correspondent for NBC and has also appeared on Fox News, CNN, and EWTN. He has been informally called the "bishop of social media" and the "bishop of the Internet". From 2015 to 2022, he was an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and on 2 June 2022 he was appointed by Pope Francis to the post of Bishop of Winona-Rochester.As of December 2021, Barron's regular YouTube videos have been viewed over 97 million times; he has over 3 million followers on Facebook, 340,000 on Instagram, and 186,000 on Twitter. In addition, has been invited to speak about religion at the headquarters of Amazon, Facebook, and Google. He has keynoted several conferences and events over the world, including the 2016 World Youth Day and the 2015 World Meeting of Families. Barron's 2016 film series, Catholicism: The Pivotal Players, was syndicated for national television in the United States.

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