page_title: Robert Barron
hierarchical_section_title: Robert Barron
caption_attribution_description: English: Bishop Robert Barron
context_page_description: Robert Emmet Barron is an American prelate of the Catholic Church serving as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. 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. Previously, he served as rector at Mundelein Seminary in the Archdiocese of Chicago.
  Barron has published numerous 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. Barron's website, WordOnFire.org, is viewed by millions of people each year. As one of the world's most followed Catholics on social media, he has been informally called the "bishop of social media" and the "bishop of the Internet". As of July 2020, his regular YouTube videos have been viewed over 50 million times, he has over 3 million followers on Facebook, 260,000 on Instagram, and 166,000 on Twitter. In addition, has been invited to speak about religion at the headquarters of Amazon, Facebook, and Google.
context_section_description: Robert Emmet Barron (born November 19, 1959) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church serving as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. 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.   Previously, he served as rector at Mundelein Seminary in the Archdiocese of Chicago.
  Barron has published numerous 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. Barron's website, WordOnFire.org, is viewed by millions of people each year. As one of the world's most followed Catholics on social media, he has been informally called the "bishop of social media" and the "bishop of the Internet". As of July 2020, his regular YouTube videos have been viewed over 50 million times, he has over 3 million followers on Facebook, 260,000 on Instagram, and 166,000 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 in Kraków, Poland, and the 2015 World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, which marked Pope Francis's visit to the United States.
  The bishop's latest film series, Catholicism: The Pivotal Players, debuted in September 2016 and has been syndicated for national television in the United States.
  Barron is a proponent of Hans Urs von Balthasar's “dare we hope” theory of universal salvation, declaring there is "objective ground" for a "hope that all men may be saved."
caption: Barron in 2018.
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