Roderick MacLean (bishop)

Roderick MacLean (Scots Gaelic:Ruaidhri Mac Gill-Eathain) was a 16th-century Scottish bishop of the Isles. He was appointed as bishop on 5 March 1550 and died in 1553.

Roderick MacLean
Bishop of the Isles
Diocese	Diocese of Sodor
In office	1550–1553
Predecessor	Ferchar MacEachan
Successor	Thomas Stanley
Personal details
Died	1553
Nationality	Scottish
Denomination	Roman Catholic

In Rome, in 1549, he published a Latin translation of a large portion of Adomnan of Iona's 'Life of St Columba, which was a very obscure text at the time.^[1]