physics - Bishop of Argyll and the Isles (Catholic)

The Bishop of Argyll and the Isles is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles in the Province of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh .

The diocese covers an area of 31,080 km² The see is in the town of Oban where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Columba .

The diocese was erected on 5 March 1878. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Ian Murray , the 9th Bishop of Argyll and the Isles.

List of the Bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles, Scotland

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
22 March 1878	Angus McDonald	Priest; ordained 23 May 1878; appointed Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh
31 December 1892to 18 January 1918	George Smith	Priest; ordained 25 April 1893; died in office
2 April 1919 to 6 December 1938	Donald Martin	Priest; ordained 11 June 1919; died in office
5 October 1939 to 6 January 1945	Donald Alphonsus Campbell	Priest of Argyll and the Isles; ordained 14 December 1939; appointed Archbishop of Glasgow
15 December 1945 to 7 September 1959	Kenneth Grant	Priest of Glasgow; ordained 27 February 1946; died in office
4 April 1960 to 25 July 1968	Stephen McGill , PSS	Priest of Society of Priests of St. Sulpice; ordained 22 June 1960; appointed Bishop of Paisley
2 December 1968 to 24 March 1990	Colin Aloysius MacPherson	Priest of Argyll and the Isles; ordained 6 February 1969; died in office
11 December 1990 to 19 September 1996	Roderick Wright	Priest; ordained 15 January 1991; resigned
3 November 1999 to present	Ian Murray	Priest of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh; ordained 7 December 1999

Bishop of Argyll and the Isles (Catholic)

List of the Bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles, Scotland

See also