Colin Aloysius MacPherson

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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

1. ^ ^{a b c} Bishop Colin Aloysius MacPherson at Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved on 6 October 2010.

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Preceded by Stephen McGill	Bishop of Argyll and the Isles 1968–1990	Succeeded by Roderick Wright

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Name	MacPherson, Colin Aloysius
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Date of birth	1917
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Date of death	1990
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