Dom Ninian Sloane

Dom Ninian Sloane was born as Stephen Gerard Sloane on August 5 1908 in Liverpool. His parents Patrick and Mary Sloane were Irish. He grew up in Gourock, Scotland and was educated at St Columba's School and at Glasgow School of Art. He was ordained a priest in the Benedictines on 15 August 1946 whereupon he took the name Ninian. He was based initially at Prinknash Abbey in Gloucestershire. He became one of the five pioneers who in 1948 restarted the rebuilding of Pluscarden Priory (now Pluscarden Abbey) in Morayshire, Scotland.[1] While there he was given charge of the stained glass department and created many windows for churches and other buildings chiefly in Scotland. Here he trained many artists in stained glass. [2] He is the uncle of Paul Sloane (author) and Nick Sloane (athlete).

Ninian Sloane
Dom Ninian Sloane OSB in 1974
Born
Stephen Gerard Sloane

(1908-08-05)5 August 1908
Liverpool
Died16 October 1984(1984-10-16) (aged 76)
Pluscarden Abbey, Elgin, Scotland
Alma materGlasgow School of Art
OccupationPriest, Artist

Selected works
  • The City of God and the Monk's Journey, The Lady Chapel, Pluscarden Abbey 1958 [3]
  • Ellon Church of Scotland Parish, Abderdeenshire 1968 [4]
  • Our Lady Star of the Sea window at St Columba's Church, Lossiemouth 1969
  • Whitehills Kirk, 1970
  • St Ninian's Church, Gourock, 1971 [5]
  • St Joseph's Church, Stepps, Glasgow, 1972
  • St Lawrence's Church, Dingwall, 1972
  • St John Ogilvie, Easterhouse, 1976
  • Bishop's House, Aberdeen, 1977
  • St Thomas's Church, Keith, 1970s [6]
Crucifix Stained Glass Window by Dom Ninian in the Refectory at Pluscarden Abbey

References
  1. Hardship of monks 70 years ago remembered on anniversary of north-east abbey’s reformation. Press and Herald. 8 Sept 2018.
  2. http://stleothegreat.org.uk/about-us/church-features/ St Leo the Great
  3. https://www.pluscardenabbey.org/stained-glass Pluscarden Abbey Stained Glass
  4. https://www.churchservicesociety.org/sites/default/files/journals/1969-14-17.pdf Ellon Church Annual
  5. https://scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/st-ninians-gourock/ Scotland's Churches Trust
  6. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4034795 Geograph.org


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