Bishop Robert Barron
Bishop Robert Barron is the founder of Word on Fire, a Catholic author and video creator exploring faith, philosophy, art, and contemporary culture.
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Known for
Word on Fire
Podcast
DocumentaryOverview
- Work
- Bishop, author, theologian, and documentary host
- Ministry
- Founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries
- Early career
- Ordained a priest in Chicago in 1986; joined Mundelein Seminary’s theological faculty in 1992
- Breakout
- CATHOLICISM, the 2011 documentary series broadcast on public television
- Based in
- Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota
Mini bio
How it started.
Before his videos reached a worldwide audience, Barron’s homilies aired on Chicago’s WGN radio. Putting those recordings online let listeners hear them beyond the early Sunday broadcast. Word on Fire’s website launched in 2001.
From movie reviews to documentaries.
He launched his YouTube channel in 2007 with a review of Martin Scorsese’s The Departed. In 2011, the ten-part CATHOLICISM series brought his teaching to public television, using travel, art, and architecture to explore the faith.
A teacher and a bishop.
Ordained in Chicago in 1986, Barron joined Mundelein Seminary’s faculty in 1992 and served as its rector from 2012 to 2015. He became an auxiliary bishop in Los Angeles in 2015 and was appointed bishop of Winona-Rochester in 2022.
What fans follow.
His work ranges from Sunday sermons and books to conversations about faith and culture. This Is My Body has sold over a million copies. His 2026 documentary Heaven in Stone and Glass takes that interest in beauty inside France’s Gothic cathedrals.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
Film and series
- 2026Heaven in Stone and GlassPresenter
- 2016CATHOLICISM: The Pivotal PlayersHost
- 2011CATHOLICISMCreator and host
Podcasts and conversations
- 2019–presentBishop Barron PresentsInterviewer and host
- 2015–presentThe Word on Fire ShowFeatured speaker
Awards
Quotes
If God gives you the inspiration to do something, and it’s a good thing worth doing, trust it.Bishop Robert Barron, Word on Fire’s Our Story
Word on Fire uses his words to introduce the story of how the ministry grew from radio homilies into work across multiple media.
Trivia
- His first YouTube video was a review of The Departed.
- He earned a doctorate in sacred theology from the Institut Catholique de Paris in 1992.
- CATHOLICISM was filmed in more than 50 locations across 16 countries.
- His interview series Bishop Barron Presents launched in 2019.
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