Pope names native Texan to be bishop of Corpus Christi diocese: William Michael Mulvey

Pope names Texan to Corpus Christ post

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has chosen a Houston native to be the new bishop of the Corpus Christi diocese.

The pontiff’s choice, announced Monday by the Vatican, is 60-year-old William Michael Mulvey, who has been serving as diocesan administrator in Austin.

Monsignor Mulvey was ordained by Pope Paul VI in 1975 to serve in the Austin diocese, where he served in several parishes in the 1970s and 1980 in Austin, Waco and Taylor.

Mulvey did post-graduate theological studies in Rome.

He replaces retiring bishop Edmond Carmody.