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How a southern Minnesota bishop became one of the most listened to Catholic leaders in the U.S.

How a southern Minnesota bishop became one of the most listened to Catholic leaders in the U.S.

Update: 2025-01-27
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Bishop Robert Barron of the Winona-Rochester Diocese is undoubtedly the most listened to Catholic leader residing in the United States today. His podcast and YouTube videos, which creates from his studio in Rochester, reaches at least 1.8 million YouTube subscribers. And his unconventional way of spreading information about his faith has a heavy hand in the shifting tide of American Catholicism.


History professor Molly Worthen spent time with Bishop Robert Barron and wrote about it in an article for The Atlantic Magazine. She joined Minnesota Now to talk about the Bishop’s rise.

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How a southern Minnesota bishop became one of the most listened to Catholic leaders in the U.S.

How a southern Minnesota bishop became one of the most listened to Catholic leaders in the U.S.

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