Biography
Fr. James Sweeney is a priest of the Anglican Province of America and serves as an assisting priest at St. Barnabas Anglican Cathedral in Dunwoody, Georgia, north of Atlanta. Fr. Sweeney currently works as Academic Dean at Cherokee Christian Schools, a classical Christian school in Woodstock, Georgia, where he previously served as upper school principal. Fr. Sweeney has taught high school courses in rhetoric, history, theology, and government throughout his years in educational administration.
Teaching and education are Fr. Sweeney’s second career. Previously, he practiced law in the public and private sectors for more than thirty years and served in appointed political office for several years. Fr. Sweeney founded a successful law firm that represented churches and religious organizations and schools in religious liberty and nonprofit corporate matters. He remains an active member of the District of Columbia Bar and the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. He is a member of the Board of Visitors, and serves as Chancellor of Nashotah House Theological Seminary, a 185 year-old Anglican seminary in Wisconsin. Fr. Sweeney earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, his Master of Theological Studies in historical theology from Nashotah House Theological Seminary, a Bachelor of Science degree in physics and Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of San Francisco. He is presently completing his Doctor of Ministry degree at Nashotah House. Fr. Sweeney has been married for 36 years and enjoys Baroque music, opera, and traveling in the British isles with his wife.
