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'''Robert Emmet Patrick Barron'''{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf188zZhrLQ&t=51s |title=Give Yourself to the Adventure: A Jubilee Address to Irish Pilgrims |first=Robert |last=Barron |date=August 14, 2025 |website=YouTube |access-date=24 August 2025}} (born November 19, 1959) is an American Catholic theologian who has served as bishop of the [[Diocese of Winona–Rochester|Diocese of Winona–Rochester]] since 2022.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-02 |title=Bishop Barron to lead Diocese of Winona-Rochester |url=https://lacrossetribune.com/winona/news/local/bishop-barron-to-lead-diocese-of-winona-rochester/article_bc0b257a-e277-11ec-b72a-bf7402707b85.html |access-date= |website=[[La Crosse Tribune]] |language=en |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602135540/https://lacrossetribune.com/winona/news/local/bishop-barron-to-lead-diocese-of-winona-rochester/article_bc0b257a-e277-11ec-b72a-bf7402707b85.html |archivedate=2022-06-02}} He served as rector at [[University of Saint Mary of the Lake|Mundelein Seminary]] from 2012 to 2015 and as [[auxiliary bishop]] for the [[Archdiocese of Los Angeles]] from 2015 to 2022. He has published on theology and [[spirituality]], and is the founder of [[Word on Fire]].

'''Robert Emmet Patrick Barron'''{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf188zZhrLQ&t=51s |title=Give Yourself to the Adventure: A Jubilee Address to Irish Pilgrims |first=Robert |last=Barron |date=August 14, 2025 |website=YouTube |access-date=24 August 2025}} (born November 19, 1959) is an American Catholic theologian who has served as bishop of the [[Diocese of Winona–Rochester|Diocese of Winona–Rochester]] since 2022.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-02 |title=Bishop Barron to lead Diocese of Winona-Rochester . He public ally told me, John Raymond, I was outside the Catholic Church because I rejected Vatican II as a council from hell. Ironically, it seems he and his fellow modernists consider everyone connected in some way to Catholic Church except tiny remaining holdouts, ie Catholics... I am publicly asking BP Garcia to intercede on this. By public sign in downtown Austin as its fruitless asking him in normal channels

|url=https://lacrossetribune.com/winona/news/local/bishop-barron-to-lead-diocese-of-winona-rochester/article_bc0b257a-e277-11ec-b72a-bf7402707b85.html |access-date= |website=[[La Crosse Tribune]] |language=en |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602135540/https://lacrossetribune.com/winona/news/local/bishop-barron-to-lead-diocese-of-winona-rochester/article_bc0b257a-e277-11ec-b72a-bf7402707b85.html |archivedate=2022-06-02}} He served as rector at [[University of Saint Mary of the Lake|Mundelein Seminary]] from 2012 to 2015 and as [[auxiliary bishop]] for the [[Archdiocese of Los Angeles]] from 2015 to 2022. He has published on theology and [[spirituality]], and is the founder of [[Word on Fire]].

Barron was the host of ''[[Word on Fire#Catholicism series (2011)|Catholicism]]'', a documentary TV series that aired on [[PBS]]. His social media following has earned him the monikers "bishop of Catholic social media" and the "bishop of the Internet".{{Cite web |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/bishop-of-the-internet-backlash-against-covington-catholic-students-literally-satanic |title='Bishop of the Internet': Backlash against Covington Catholic students 'literally, Satanic' |first=Dominick |last=Mastrangelo |date=January 22, 2019 |website=[[Washington Examiner]] |access-date=27 December 2019}}{{Cite news |last=Hennessey |first=Matthew |date=2018-11-29 |title=The Bishop of Catholic Social Media |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-bishop-of-catholic-social-media-1543534249 |access-date=2022-08-25 |issn=0099-9660 | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20220513060630/https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-bishop-of-catholic-social-media-1543534249 |archivedate=2022-05-13 }} His 2016 film series, ''Catholicism: The Pivotal Players'',[https://www.wofdigital.org/products/catholicism-the-pivotal-players ''Catholicism: The Pivotal Players''] was syndicated for national television in the United States.

Barron was the host of ''[[Word on Fire#Catholicism series (2011)|Catholicism]]'', a documentary TV series that aired on [[PBS]]. His social media following has earned him the monikers "bishop of Catholic social media" and the "bishop of the Internet".{{Cite web |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/bishop-of-the-internet-backlash-against-covington-catholic-students-literally-satanic |title='Bishop of the Internet': Backlash against Covington Catholic students 'literally, Satanic' |first=Dominick |last=Mastrangelo |date=January 22, 2019 |website=[[Washington Examiner]] |access-date=27 December 2019}}{{Cite news |last=Hennessey |first=Matthew |date=2018-11-29 |title=The Bishop of Catholic Social Media |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-bishop-of-catholic-social-media-1543534249 |access-date=2022-08-25 |issn=0099-9660 | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20220513060630/https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-bishop-of-catholic-social-media-1543534249 |archivedate=2022-05-13 }} His 2016 film series, ''Catholicism: The Pivotal Players'',[https://www.wofdigital.org/products/catholicism-the-pivotal-players ''Catholicism: The Pivotal Players''] was syndicated for national television in the United States.