Robert Joseph Cunningham (born June 18, 1943) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Syracuse in Upstate New York from 2009 to 2019.

[1] In 1994, Bishop Head received a complaint from a man who claimed that his son had been sodomized by Donald W. Becker, a diocese priest.

Cunningham had board memberships for Christ the King Seminary, Catholic Charities, Baker Victory Services in Buffalo, and the Cantalician Center for Learning in Depew, New York.

[1] On March 9, 2004, Cunningham was appointed the as the thirteenth bishop of the Diocese of Ogdensburg by Pope John Paul II.

He received his episcopal consecration on May 18, 2004, from Cardinal Edward Egan, with Archbishop Henry J. Mansell and Bishop Gerald Barbarito serving as co-consecrators, at St. Mary's Cathedral in Ogdensburg.

[5] On September 21, 2012, the Vatican appointed Cunningham as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Rochester after the retirement of Bishop Matthew Clark.

[7] Cunningham served as apostolic administrator of the diocese until Reverend Douglas Lucia was consecrated a bishop on August 8, 2019.