Bishop Robert Barron of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester announced Feb. 19 that his YouTube channel had reached a new milestone.
In a post to social media, Bishop Barron said he is “thrilled and humbled to announce that my YouTube channel recently reached one million subscribers!”
Word on Fire, a media apostolate Bishop Barron founded and leads, reported that since Bishop Barron posted his first video in 2007 — a movie review of Martin Scorsese’s “The Departed” — he has gone on to post more than 1,300 videos that touch on topics of faith, current events and popular culture.
“I could not have imagined the evangelical reach and impact that these videos would have,” Bishop Barron said in his social media post. “This milestone would not have been possible without your prayers or the support of our donors.”
In a video announcing the milestone, Bishop Barron said, “Let’s keep going. That a Catholic bishop can get a million subscribers on YouTube — pretty good, but there’s a whole wider world out there and many, many more that we can get to subscribe.”
Bishop Barron finished the announcement video with a word of thanks: “My heart’s filled with gratitude, it’s filled with joy about this.”
