Colin Grant

Who was Colin Grant?

Colin Grant was a Scottish clergyman who briefly served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Aberdeen in 1889.

Born in Glen Gairn on 3 February 1832, he was ordained a priest on 22 December 1855. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Aberdeen by the Holy See on 16 July 1889, and consecrated to the Episcopate on 13 August 1889. The principal consecrator was Archbishop William Smith, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop John McLachlan and Bishop Angus MacDonald. He died in office on 26 September 1889, aged 57.