It is with sad news we annouce the death of Fr Colin Patrick McLean on 9 April 2026. He died peacefully at Candlewood House Care Home, London, where he had been living in the past few weeks. He was 91 years of age.
Born in India in November 1934, Fr Colin was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Hume as an Oratorian in 1981 and was incardinated as a priest of the Diocese of Westminster within a couple of years. Before joining Brompton Oratory he had been in the Army and had explored the possibility of a vocation with the Cistercians.
Condolences are extended to Fr Colin's family, friends and colleagues, and to his former parishioners where he served as a priest of the Oratory and then the parishes of Marylebone and Stephendale Road Fulham 2. As a retired priest living in Camden Town he was known to parishioners and other local people.
Information about funeral arrangements will be circulated, as will an obituary, in due course.
We pray for the peaceful repose of Fr Colin's soul:
Hear with favour our prayers,
which we humbly offer, O Lord,
for the salvation of the soul of Fr Colin your servant and priest,
that he, who devoted a faithful ministry to your name,
may rejoice in the perpetual company of your saints.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
