Burchell McPherson, a Jamaican Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Montego Bay from 2013 to 2023, died on March 25, 2026, in Kingston, Jamaica, at the age of 74.
Born in Mavis Bank on May 7, 1951, he studied at St. Michael’s Seminary and the University of the West Indies before beginning theological studies for the priesthood.
He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Kingston on June 23, 1991. McPherson served as pastor of St. Pius X and St. Peter Claver parishes, and later at St. Joseph’s Church in Falmouth.
Burchell Alexander McPherson (7 May 1951 – 25 March 2026) was a Jamaican Roman Catholic prelate, who served as the third Bishop of the Diocese of Montego Bay from 2013 to 2023.