Robert Joseph Cunningham
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Robert Joseph Cunningham |
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| Bishop of Syracuse | |
Bishop Robert Cunningham celebrates Mass on Parents Weekend at the Alibrandi Catholic Center, Newman Center for Syracuse University
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| Archdiocese | New York |
| Diocese | Syracuse |
| Appointed | April 21, 2009 |
| Installed | May 26, 2009 |
| Predecessor | James Michael Moynihan |
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| Ordination | May 24, 1969 by Bernard Joseph McLaughlin |
| Consecration | May 18, 2004 by Edward Egan, Henry J. Mansell, and Gerald Barbarito |
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| Born |
June 18, 1943 Buffalo, New York |
| Nationality |
 American
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| Previous post | Bishop of Ogdensburg (2004—2009) |
| Motto | ECCLESIA MATER NOSTRA |
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Styles of Robert Joseph Cunningham |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Robert Joseph Cunningham (born June 18, 1943) is the tenth and current bishop of Syracuse.
Robert Cunningham was born in Buffalo, New York to Cecil and Grace Cunningham; he has a brother, Patrick, and a sister, Eileen. He attended St. John the Baptist Parish School and the Diocesan Preparatory Seminary before entering St. John Vianney Seminary (currently Christ the King Seminary) in East Aurora, from where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Divinity degrees.
Cunningham was ordained to the priesthood by bishop Bernard McLaughlin on May 24, 1969, in St. Joseph Cathedral, and then served as associate pastor at Blessed Sacrament Church in Kenmore. In 1972, he was named assistant pastor at his home parish of St. John the Baptist, also in Kenmore.
He became private secretary to bishop Edward Head and assistant chancellor of Buffalo in 1974. Cunningham, after earning his licentiate in canon law from the Catholic University of America in 1978, was made a judge of the marriage tribunal and vice-chancellor of the diocese. He was raised to the rank of Monsignor in 1984, and then full chancellor (1985) and vicar general (1986) of Buffalo. Niagara University awarded him an honorary doctorate in humane letters in 1991.
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