| Type: | Priest |
| Honorific-Prefix: | Monsignor |
Richard Sykes | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | S.J. |
| Prefect of Zambese | |
| See: | Prefecture Apostolic of Zambese |
| Appointed: | 9 March 1915 |
| Term Start: | 1915 |
| Term End: | December 1919 |
| Predecessor: | None |
| Successor: | Edward Parry |
| Ordination: | 25 September 1887 |
| Birth Name: | Richard Sykes |
| Birth Date: | 1854 |
| Birth Place: | Hackin Hall, Whalley, Lancashire |
| Death Date: | 8 May 1920 |
| Death Place: | Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia |
| Nationality: | British |
| Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Monsignor Richard Sykes S.J. (1854 – 8 May 1920) was the first Prefect of the Prefecture Apostolic of Zambese. He was appointed on 9 March 1915 and served until his resignation in December 1919.