His mother was a homemaker, and his father, who died in 1987, was a national sales manager for John Sexton & Company, a national food distributor. He spent his childhood first in Detroit, then in the Chicago suburb of Western Springs. Robert Emmet Barron was born on November 19, 1959, in Chicago. The bishop's latest film series and study program, CATHOLICISM: The Pivotal Players, debuted in September 2016 and has been syndicated for national television. He has keynoted many conferences and events all over the world, including the 2016 World Youth Day in Kraków and the 2015 World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, which marked Pope Francis's historic visit to the United States. In addition, has been invited to speak about religion at the headquarters of both Facebook and Google. His regular YouTube videos have been viewed over 30 million times and he has over 1.5 million followers on Facebook. Barron's website,, reaches millions of people each year, and he is one of the world's most followed Catholics on social media. He is a religion correspondent for NBC and has also appeared on Fox News, CNN, and EWTN. Previously, he served as rector at Mundelein Seminary in the Archdiocese of Chicago.īishop Barron has published numerous books, essays, and articles on theology and the spiritual life.

He is the founder of the Catholic ministerial organization Word on Fire, and was the host of the TV series CATHOLICISM, an award-winning documentary about the Catholic faith, which aired on PBS.

Robert Emmet Barron (born November 19, 1959) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church currently serving as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

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