List of Abbot-commendators
| Abbot-commendators of Iona | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incumbent | Period | Citation(s) | Notes | |
| Eóin Caimbeul I | 1499–1510 | |||
| George Hepburn | 1510–1513 | Died at the battle of Flodden, 9 September 1513 | ||
| Eóin Caimbeul II | 1514–1532 | |||
| Ailean MacGill-Eathain | provided 1526 | |||
| Seumas Sdíbhard | crown nomination 1529 | A kinsman of the earl of Lennox, he was abbot of Dryburgh. | ||
| Fearchar Mac Eachainn | 1528–1544 x 1546 | |||
| Ruairidh MacGill-Eathain | 1544–1552 x 1553 | |||
| Ruairidh MacAlasdair | 1545–1546 | |||
| Ailean Mac an Toisic | 1546 | |||
| John Hay | postulate 1547 | |||
| Pádraig MacGill-Eathain | 1547–1552 | |||
| Alexander Gordon | 1553–1562 | |||
| Eóin Caimbeul III | 1557–1560 x 1562 | |||
| Pádraig MacGill-Eathain (again) | 1560–1565 | |||
| Séon Carsuel | 1565–1572 | |||
| Lachlan MacGill-Eathain | c. 1567 | Despite Scottish Reformation, he was suspected of having received license from Mary, Queen of Scots, to go to the Pope to received the abbey and the bishopric of the Isles, but denied the allegation and renounced his claims to Carsuel. | ||
| Eóin Caimbeul III (again) | 1572–1581 | |||
| Alasdair Caimbeul | 1581–1615 | The abbey was annexed to the bishopric of the Isles on 11 August 1615; Alasdair Caimbeul was still alive on 30 September 1619. | ||
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