Robert Stewart Heaney (born 15 March 1972) is a theologian and Anglican priest ordained in the Church of Ireland.

[1] From 2013 to 2020 he served as Director of VTS's Center for Anglican Communion Studies.

[2] As a theologian of culture, Anglicanism, missiology, and postcolonialism he teaches, writes, and consults internationally on these and related matters.

[5] Heaney was ordained deacon in the Cathedral Church of St. Patrick, Trim, Dioceses of Meath and Kildare in 2001 and ordained priest in the Cathedral Church of St. Brigid in 2002.

[10] He facilitated the two most contentious “Lambeth Calls” for the conference, the Call on “Anglican Identity” and the Call on “Human Dignity.” In 2016, Heaney was awarded the Susan B. Thomas Prize for commitment to excellence in education and the mission of the Episcopal Church and in 2022, he was awarded the Cross of St. Augustine for outstanding service to the Anglican Communion.