Have you watched any of Father Barron’s videos?
I’m not saying he is a bad guy (as some here seem to believe). Indeed he fills an important educational void for the contemporary illiterate Catholic. He is at the level of your higher quality TV evangelist, Mundelein notwithstanding. But the mere fact his name is akin to a “household word” and many folks own his rather pricey paperbacks, speaks against his eligibility for this important and possibly decades-long appointment. Good bishops are not products of Madison Avenue, IMHO.
Cardinal George was his mentor and if Cardinal George had no problem with him why should anyone. Cardinal George was one of the greatest men of God to come along in the 20th century.