Bishop Michael Mulvey, STL, DD

Pope Benedict XVI appointed Reverend Wm. Michael Mulvey as bishop-elect of Corpus Christi on January 18, 2010, and was ordained the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Corpus Christi on March 25, 2010.  

Bishop Mulvey is entrusted with the spiritual guidance of the Catholic faithful in the 12-county area of South Texas, which is home to more than 300,000 Catholics. 

Bishop Mulvey was born August 23, 1949, in Houston, Texas. the second of six children to Daniel H. Mulvey Jr. and Marjorie Jane Patterson Mulvey.

He completed all of his education at Catholic schools, including St. Theresa and St. Cecilia in Houston and St. Thomas High School in Houston. He graduated from St. Edward’s Catholic High School in Austin in 1967 and St. Edward’s University in 1971 with a BBA.

He attended seminary at the North American College in Rome from 1971-1976. He earned his bachelor’s degree of Sacred Theology from St. Thomas University (Angelicum) in 1974 and a licentiate (master’s degree) in Sacred Theology from Gregorian University in 1976.

Bishop Mulvey was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Austin by Pope Paul VI in 1975 in St. Peter’s Square. As a priest of the Diocese of Austin, Bishop Mulvey had the following assignments:


• 1976-1977: Associate Pastor St. Mary and Our Lady of Guadalupe Parishes in Taylor;
• 1977-1980: Associate Pastor St. Louis Parish in Austin;
• 1980-1981: Studies on a sabbatical with the Focolare Movement;
• 1981-1986: Chaplain to Reicher Catholic High School in Waco;
• 1986-1992: Director of Spiritual Formation at St. Mary’s Seminary in Houston;
• 1992-1995: Pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in College Station;
• 1995-1997: Associate Director, Center for Spirituality for Diocesan Priests, 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;
• 2004- 2007: Chancellor of the Diocese of Austin;
• 2007- 2009: Vicar General of the Diocese of Austin;
• 2009: Vice Rector, St. Mary’s Seminary in Houston:
• 2009-2010: Administrator of the Diocese of Austin.