The psychological type profile of lay Catholic followers of Bishop Barron: a replication study

Francis, L.J., Davis, F. and McKenna, U. (2026) The psychological type profile of lay Catholic followers of Bishop Barron: a replication study. Journal of Religious Education. ISSN 1442-6200

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Abstract

In this study 362 lay Catholic participants attending Bishop Barron’s London conference in February 2025 completed the Francis Psychological Type Scales. Rooted in psychographic segmentation theory these data were compared with data provided by 460 lay Catholic participants attending Bishop Barron’s London conference in February 2023 and with the profile of 1,474 attendees at Catholic churches. The replication study in 2025 confirmed the findings from 2023. Compared with Catholic churchgoers, Bishop Barron attracts higher proportions of intuitive types (N) and thinking types (T) and a lower proportion of the Epimethean temperament (SJ). Planted back in local congregations, here are people with the capacity either to transform or to unsettle these congregations.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Published by Springer in 2026. This is an author accepted manuscript of a published open access article available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s40839-026-00293-8. Uploaded in accordance with the publishers self-archiving policy.
Keywords:	psychological type temperament theory congregation studies empirical theology psychology of religion Catholic churchgoers
Depositing User:	Ursula Mckenna
Date Deposited:	06 May 2026 09:39
Last Modified:	06 May 2026 09:39
URI:	https://lbro.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/1327

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