Auxiliary Bishop Robert Barron will be leaving the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, where he has served since 2015.

The archdiocese said in a Facebook post that Barron is being transferred to a diocese in Michigan.

"Pope Francis has named Bishop Barron the next bishop of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester in Minnesota, transferring him from our Santa Barbara pastoral region, where he has served our family of faith as an auxiliary bishop for nearly seven years," the archdiocese said in the Facebook post.

Barron is a Midwest native who grew up near Detroit and Chicago, the Diocese of Winona-Rochester reported in a release. He became a priest on May 24, 1986.

"I am overjoyed and humbled to receive this new assignment as the ninth bishop of Winona-Rochester," Barron said in the release. "I look forward immensely to getting to know the good people, priests, and pastoral ministers of the diocese."

The installation Mass will take place on July 29, the diocese reported.

"I will have to brush off my Chicago winter coat, which has remained unused for the past six years in Santa Barbara," Barron said. "My fondest hope is that I might be a good spiritual father to all the Catholics of southern Minnesota."

Barron will be replacing Bishop John Quinn, who is retiring, Catholic Review reported. Quinn resigned after leading the Diocese of Winona-Rochester for 13 years. Bishops are required to submit a resignation when they are 75 years old.

"I am filled with joy that Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Robert Barron as the 9th Bishop of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester," Quinn said in the release. "His commitment to evangelization and missionary discipleship will bear great fruit in the coming years."

Barron created the Word on Fire Catholic Ministries more than two decades ago, the diocese reported. The outreach program lets him share the Gospel with more than 3.1 million Facebook followers, 517,000 YouTube subscribers, 349,000 Instagram followers and 198,000 Twitter followers. Barron was the first priest since Archbishop Fulton Sheen who had a television program that aired regularly nationwide.