Diocese of Slane

The Diocese of Slane was an Irish diocese created in 513 ^[1] by St Erc^[2] with its seat at Slane. It was first subsumed by the Diocese of Meath^[3] and is now within the Diocese of Meath and Kildare.

Bishops[edit]

Pre-Reformation Bishops of Slane
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
unknown	847	Onchu
847	854	Sodamna	Martyred by the Ostmen
854	867	Niallan
867	874	Maol Breedi

Archdeacons of Slane
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
unknown	1042	Eochagan	A celebrated author, Professor of Swords, he died at Cologne (Archdall)
1042	1053	Donell O'Cele

^ 'Monasticum Hibernicum; or, an history of the abbeys, priories, and other religious houses in Ireland' Archdall,M. (Dublin: printed for Luke White, 1786)
^ O'Connor, Denis. "Diocese of Kerry and Aghadoe." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 17 December 2017
^ Cogan, Anthony (1862). The diocese of Meath: ancient and modern. Vol. 1. Dublin: J.F. Fowler.