Kevin J. Sweeney

Kevin J. Sweeney is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Paterson in New Jersey since 2020.

During this time, he also served as the first director of the Pope John Paul II House of Discernment in Brooklyn.

Sweeney was named as chaplain in 2005 at Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in Brooklyn and spiritual director at Jovenes de Valor, a Catholic youth movement in the diocese.

[4] In January 2010, Sweeney was appointed pastor of St. Michael's Parish in Brooklyn's Sunset Park section, a post he held until 2020.

[2][4] He was consecrated at the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Paterson by Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin on July 1, 2020, with Bishops Arthur J. Serratelli, and Nicholas DiMarzio acting as co-consecrators.