Roderick Vonhögen Explained
| Type: | priest |
| Honorific-Prefix: | The Reverend |
| Roderick Vonhögen |
| Birth Date: | 1968 4, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Leidschendam[1] |
| Nationality: | Dutch |
| Occupation: | Catholic Priest |
Roderick Vonhögen (born 5 April 1968[2]), also known as Father Roderick, is a Roman Catholic priest from Amersfoort, Netherlands.[3] He is a podcaster and new media producer known for his projects that combine Catholicism with pop culture commentary.
In April 2005, Vonhögen recorded audio reports from Rome, chronicling the death of Pope John Paul II and the subsequent election of Pope Benedict XVI, and released them as a podcast called The Catholic Insider.[4] Podcasting was brand-new at the time, and his use of the novel medium in the context of citizen journalism gained him international notoriety.[5] [6]
Vonhögen continued to launch new podcast projects throughout 2005, and folded them into a production company called SQPN (Star Quest Production Network) which he co-founded that year.[7] Under SQPN branding, Vonhögen produced a talk show called The Daily Breakfast (which won the 2006,[8] 2007,[9] and 2008[10] People's Choice Podcast Awards in the Religion category) and a series of podcasts called Secrets that gave Catholic commentary on media franchises such as Lost, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Indiana Jones. In 2018, he stepped down as CEO of SQPN to focus on his work with Trideo, another media venture which he launched in 2014.
Vonhögen is also known for his Star Wars fandom, having created a fan website called The Virtual Edition which was popular in the years after its 1997 launch, during the time when the Star Wars prequel trilogy was being produced.[11] [12] He received widespread media attention again in 2015 for his reaction to the teaser trailer for the film .[13] [14] [15]
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- Web site: Roderick Vonhögen. IMDB. 23 February 2019.
- Web site: @FatherRoderick. Twitter. Born 5 April 1968. 23 February 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180428153153/https://twitter.com/FatherRoderick. 28 April 2018.
- FatherRoderick. 1003363196953071616. I ❤️ my hometown #Amersfoort. 3 June 2018.
- Web site: Meet Fr. Roderick Vönhogen, the 'podcasting priest'. Catholic World Report. 26 March 2013. 23 February 2019.
- Web site: Invasion of the Podcasters. National Catholic Register. 17 July 2005. 23 February 2019.
- News: The Podcast as a New Podium. The New York Times. Virginia. Heffernan. 22 July 2005. 23 February 2019.
- Web site: Trideo and SQPN to continue as separate platforms. SQPN. 1 December 2017. 23 February 2019.
- Web site: 2006 People's Choice Podcast Award Winners. 27 April 2008. 15 August 2006. Todd. Cochrane. Podcast Connect. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080516185413/http://www.podcastconnect.com/archive/2006/08/2006_peoples_choice_podcast_aw_1.html. 16 May 2008.
- Web site: Third Annual People's Choice Podcast Awards Category Winners Announced. 27 April 2008. 15 August 2007. Todd. Cochrane. Podcast Connect. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080408072030/http://www.podcastconnect.com/archive/2007/08/third_annual_peoples_choice_po_1.html. 8 April 2008.
- Web site: November – 2008 – Podcast Connect. podcastconnect.com.
- Web site: About. The Virtual Edition. 6 December 2020.
- Web site: The Internet strikes back. Salon. Howard. Wen. 18 May 1998. 6 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201206183040/https://www.salon.com/1998/05/18/feature_318/. 6 December 2020. live.
- News: Kuruvilla. Carol. The Star Wars Trailer Is Out, And This Catholic Priest Can't Handle It. 17 January 2017. The Huffington Post. 20 April 2015.
- News: Bailey. Sarah Pulliam. Watch a priest delightfully geek out over the new Star Wars trailer. 17 January 2017. Washington Post. 18 April 2015.
- News: Westbrook. Caroline. This vicar is more excited about the Star Wars 7 trailer than you. 17 January 2017. Metro. 22 April 2015.
