Colin Aloysius MacPherson (1917–1990) was a
Scottish
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Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the
Bishop of Argyll and the Isles from 1968 to 1990.
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
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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.
[
He died in office on 24 March 1990, aged 72.][
]
References
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1917 births
1990 deaths
Roman Catholic bishops of Argyll and the Isles
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Scotland
Scottish Roman Catholic bishops