He is also the founder of the global media ministry Word on Fire, which reaches millions of people by utilizing the tools of new media to draw people into or back to the Catholic Faith. His other advanced degrees include:ĭoctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa, Assumption Collegeĭoctor of Divinity, Honoris Causa, Saint Anselm Collegeĭoctor of Sacred Theology, Honoris Causa, Dominican House of Studiesĭoctor of Religious Education, Honoris Causa, Providence Collegeĭoctor of Humanities, Honoris Causa, Lewis Universityīishop Robert Barron is an acclaimed author, speaker, and theologian. On Thursday, June 2, 2022, at noon Rome time, Pope Francis appointed Bishop Robert Barron the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester (Minnesota).īishop Barron received a Master’s Degree in Philosophy from the Catholic University of America in 1982 and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Institut Catholique de Paris in 1992.

He was ordained bishop on September 8, 2015. On July 21, 2015, Pope Francis appointed Bishop Barron to be Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. He served as the Rector/President of Mundelein Seminary University of St. He was twice scholar in residence at the Pontifical North American College at the Vatican. He has served as a visiting professor at the University of Notre Dame and the Pontifical University of St. Bishop Barron was ordained a priest in 1986 in the Archdiocese of Chicago and appointed to the theological faculty of Mundelein Seminary in 1992.

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