William Mulvey

Who is William Mulvey?

William Michael Mulvey STL is the current bishop of Corpus Christi since his episcopal ordination on 25 March 2010.

Mulvey was ordained to the priesthood for the service of the Diocese of Austin on 29 June 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.

Mulvey was appointed to Corpus Christi by Pope Benedict XVI on 18 January 2010 and ordained a bishop on 25 March 2010 by Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston. His principal co-consecrators were New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Michael Aymond, 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.

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. He was confirmed by Bishop Wendelin Joseph Nold at St. Cecilia Parish in Houston. He attended St. Edward's Catholic High School in Austin 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 in Sacred Theology from the Gregorian University.