Colin MacPherson

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]

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

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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]