William Mulvey

His Excellency, The Most Reverend William Michael Mulvey STL
Bishop of Corpus Christi
Archdiocese	Galveston-Houston
Diocese	Corpus Christi
Appointed	January 18, 2010
Installed	March 25, 2010
Predecessor	Edmond Carmody
Orders
Ordination	June 29, 1975 by Pope Paul VI
Consecration	May 25, 2010 by Daniel DiNardo, Gregory Michael Aymond, and Edmond Carmody
Personal details
Born	(1949-08-23) August 23, 1949 Houston, Texas
Motto	SENTENTIA IN CHRISTO VOBIS

Styles of William Michael Mulvey

Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

William Michael Mulvey STL (born August 23, 1949) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has served as bishop of the Diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas since 2010.

Biography

Early life and education

Mulvey is the second of the six children of Daniel H. Mulvey Jr. and Marjorie Jane Patterson Mulvey. His siblings are Dan, Martha, John, Tim and Kim. He has 12 nieces and nephews. All of his education was completed at Catholic schools including St. Theresa and St. Cecilia in Houston and St. Thomas High School in Houston (1963–1966). He was confirmed by Bishop Wendelin Joseph Nold at St. Cecilia Parish in Houston. He attended St. Edward's Catholic High School in Austin (1967) and St. Edward’s University, where he graduated in 1971 with a BBA. He attended seminary at the North American College in Rome 1971-1976, earning in 1971-1974 his bachelor's degree in Sacred Theology from Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum and 1974–1976 his licentiate (master’s degree) in Sacred Theology from the Gregorian University.

Ordination and ministry

Mulvey was ordained to the priesthood for the service of the Diocese of Austin on June 29 in the Jubilee Year of 1975 by Pope Paul VI in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City, one of 359 priests ordained by the Pope on that occasion.

As a priest of the Diocese of Austin, Bishop-elect Mulvey had the following assignments:

1976–1977: Associate Pastor St. Mary/Our Lady of Guadalupe Parishes in Taylor in the Diocese of Austin
1977–1980: Associate Pastor St. Louis Parish in the Diocese of Austin
1980–1981: Further studies on a sabbatical with the Focolare Movement
1981–1986: Chaplain to Reicher Catholic High School in Waco
1984–1986: Pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Waco in the Diocese of Austin
1986–1992: Director of Spiritual Formation at St. Mary’s Seminary in Houston
1992–1995: Pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in College Station in the Diocese of Austin
1995–1997: Associate Director of Center for Spirituality for Diocesan Priests of the Focolare Movement in Florence, Italy
1997–1999: Director of Center for Spirituality for Diocesan Priests of the Focolare Movement in Hyde Park, N.Y.
1999–2004: Pastor of St. Helen Parish in Georgetown in the Diocese of Austin
2004–2007: Chancellor of the Diocese of Austin
2007–2009: Vicar General of the Diocese of Austin
August 2009: Vice Rector, St. Mary’s Seminary in Houston
August 24, 2009: Elected administrator of the Diocese of Austin

Bishop Mulvey is one of two former pastors of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in College Station who were elevated to bishop. The other is Patrick Zurek, bishop of Amarillo.^[1]

Bishop of Corpus Christi

Mulvey was appointed to Corpus Christi diocese by Pope Benedict XVI on January 18, 2010^[2] and consecrated a bishop on March 25, 2010 by Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston. His principal co-consecrators were New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Michael Aymond (who had been Bishop of Austin, Mulvey's home diocese, before going to Louisiana in 2009), and his immediate predecessor as Bishop of Corpus Christi, Bishop Edmond Carmody.

Mulvey is the first Bishop of Corpus Christi to be named without prior episcopal experience since 1921, when Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina was appointed to the position.

References

↑ http://www.austindiocese.org/department_home.php?id=41
↑ http://212.77.1.245/news_services/bulletin/news/24976.php?index=24976&lang=en Press Office of the Holy See

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Edmond Carmody	Bishop of Corpus Christi 2010–present	Succeeded by incumbent

Diocese of Corpus Christi

Ordinaries	Apostolic Vicars of Brownsville Dominic Manucy Peter Verdaguer y Prat Bishops of Corpus Christi Paul Joseph Nussbaum Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina Mariano Simon Garriga Thomas Joseph Drury René Henry Gracida Roberto González Nieves Edmond Carmody William Mulvey

Churches	Cathedral Corpus Christi Cathedral

Education	High School Incarnate Word Academy, Corpus Christi St. John Paul II High School, Corpus Christi

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Diocese of Austin

Ordinaries	Bishops Louis Joseph Reicher Vincent Madeley Harris John E. McCarthy Gregory Michael Aymond Joé Stephen Vásquez Auxiliary Bishops Daniel E. Garcia Priests who became Bishops William Mulvey Michael J. Sis

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of Saint Mary

Education	University St. Edward's University High Schools Holy Trinity Catholic High School, Temple Reicher Catholic High School, Waco St. Joseph Catholic High School, Bryan St. Michael's Catholic Academy, Austin San Juan Diego Catholic High School, Austin St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School, Austin

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