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Colin MacPherson

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Colin MacPherson
Bishop of Argyll and the Isles
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed2 December 1968
Term ended24 March 1990
PredecessorStephen McGill
SuccessorRoderick Wright
Orders
Ordination23 March 1940
Consecration6 February 1969
by Igino Eugenio Cardinale
Personal details
Born5 August 1917
Died24 March 1990 (aged 72)
Oban, Scotland

Colin Aloysius MacPherson (1917–1990) was a Scottish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Argyll and the Isles from 1968 to 1990.[1]

Born in Lochboisdale on the island of South Uist, Scotland on 5 August 1917, he was ordained to the priesthood on 23 March 1940. He was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles by the Holy See on 2 December 1968, and consecrated to the Episcopate on 6 February 1969. The principal consecrator was Igino Eugenio Cardinale, Titular Archbishop of Nepte, and the principal co-consecrators were Gordon Gray, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh and Stephen McGill, Bishop of Paisley.[1]

He died in office on 24 March 1990, aged 72.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Bishop Colin Aloysius MacPherson". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Argyll and the Isles
1968–1990
Succeeded by