| Honorific Prefix: | The Right Reverend |
| Colin MacPherson | |
| Bishop of Argyll and the Isles | |
| Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
| Appointed: | 2 December 1968 |
| Ended: | 24 March 1990 |
| Predecessor: | Stephen McGill |
| Successor: | Roderick Wright |
| Ordination: | 23 March 1940 |
| Consecration: | 6 February 1969 |
| Consecrated By: | Igino Eugenio Cardinale |
| Birth Date: | 5 August 1917 |
| Birth Place: | Lochboisdale, Scotland |
| Death Date: | 24 March 1990 (aged 72) |
| Death Place: | Oban, Scotland |
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.
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.
He died in office on 24 March 1990, aged 72.
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