Patrick Madrid

Patrick Madrid is an author and host of the daily “Patrick Madrid Show” on Relevant Radio’s national network of 200 stations. His 26 books include Why Be Catholic? (Random House), Life Lessons: 50 Things I Learned in My First 50 Years (Ignatius Press), and How to Do Apologetics (Our Sunday Visitor). His books have sold over one million copies, including foreign-language editions. Since the late 1980s, Patrick has conducted countless public speaking events, in English and Spanish, at conferences, parishes, and universities across the US and Canada, as well as throughout Europe, and in Latin America and Asia. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business from the University of Phoenix, as well as a B.Phil. in philosophy and an M.A. in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio. He taught undergraduate courses in apologetics and sacraments for several semesters as an adjunct professor in the theology department at Franciscan University of Steubenville. Since 2012, he has taught apologetics at Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell, Connecticut. He is also an adjunct professor of apologetics at Saint Patrick’s Seminary and University in Menlo Park, California. Patrick and his wife Nancy have been married for 41 years and blessed with 11 children and 28 grandchildren.