Background
Mulvey, William Michael was born on August 23, 1949 in Houston, Texas, United States.
Mulvey, William Michael was born on August 23, 1949 in Houston, Texas, United States.
All of his education was completed at Catholic schools including Saint Theresa and Saint Cecilia in Houston and Saint Thomas High School in Houston (1963–1966). He attended Saint Edward"s Catholic High School in Austin (1967) and Saint Edward’s University, where he graduated in 1971 with a Bachelor of Business Administration. 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.
Early life and education
Mulvey is the second of the six children of Daniel H. Mulvey Junior. and Marjorie Jane Patterson Mulvey. He was confirmed by Bishop Wendelin Joseph Nold at Saint Cecilia Parish in Houston. 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 Saint 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:
1977–1980: Associate Pastor Saint 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 Saint Joseph Parish in Waco in the Diocese of Austin
1986–1992: Director of Spiritual Formation at Saint Mary's Seminary in Houston
1992–1995: Pastor of Saint 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, New York
1999–2004: Pastor of Saint 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, Saint Mary's Seminary in Houston
August 24, 2009: Elected administrator of the Diocese of Austin
Bishop Mulvey is one of two former pastors of Saint Thomas Aquinas Parish in College Station who were elevated to bishop.
The other is Bishop Patrick Zurek, the current bishop of Amarillo. Bishop of Corpus Christi
Mulvey was appointed to Corpus Christi diocese by Pope Benedict XVI on January 18, 2010 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.
