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Colin MacPherson

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The Right Reverend
Colin MacPherson
Bishop of Argyll and the Isles
Church Roman Catholic Church
Appointed 2 December 1968
Term ended 24 March 1990
Predecessor Stephen McGill
Successor Roderick Wright
Orders
Ordination 23 March 1940
Consecration 6 February 1969
by Igino Eugenio Cardinale
Personal details
Born 5 August 1917
Lochboisdale, Scotland
Died 24 March 1990 (aged 72)
Oban, Scotland
Education Propaganda College, Rome

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]

Life

He was born in Lochboisdale on the island of South Uist, Scotland on 5 August 1917. He trained for the priesthood at the Propaganda College in Rome and was ordained to the priesthood on 23 March 1940.[2] 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

  1. Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 Back to citation occurrence 1.2 "Bishop Colin Aloysius MacPherson". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  2. Back to citation Johnson, Christine (1991). Scottish Catholic Secular Clergy 1879-1989. Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers. p. 132. ISBN 0 85976 345 5.