William_Theodore_Mulloy
William Theodore Mulloy
Roman Catholic prelate
William Theodore Mulloy (November 9, 1892 – June 1, 1959) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Covington from 1945 until his death in 1959.
William Theodore Mulloy | |
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Bishop of Covington | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Diocese | Diocese of Covington |
Appointed | November 11, 1944 |
Term ended | June 1, 1959 |
Predecessor | Francis William Howard |
Successor | Richard Henry Ackerman |
Orders | |
Ordination | June 7, 1916 by James O’Reilly |
Consecration | January 10, 1945 by Aloisius Joseph Muench |
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Born | (1892-11-09)November 9, 1892 |
Died | June 1, 1959(1959-06-01) (aged 66) Covington, Kentucky, U.S. |
Buried | St. Mary Cemetery in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky |
Education | St. Boniface College, St. Paul Seminary, St. Thomas College |
Motto | Docete filios vestros |
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The oldest of five children, William Mulloy was born in Ardoch, North Dakota, to William James and Margaret Ann (née Doyle) Mulloy.[1] He attended St. Boniface College in Winnipeg, Canada, before returning to the United States and studying at St. Paul Seminary and St. Thomas College in St. Paul, Minnesota.[2] He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop James O'Reilly on June 7, 1916.[3]
Returning to North Dakota, Mulloy then served as a curate at St. Michael Church in Grand Forks until 1920, when he became pastor of St. Boniface Church in Wimbledon.[2] He was pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Cando (1921–1925) and of St. Alphonsus Church in Langdon, and dean of the Langdon Deanery (1925–1933).[2] From 1933 to 1938, he served as pastor of his home parish of St. John the Evangelist Church in Grafton and dean of the Grafton Deanery.[2] He became president of the National Catholic Rural Life Conference in 1935, and rector of St. Mary's Cathedral in 1938.[1] He also served as superintendent of Catholic schools in the Diocese of Fargo and editor of the diocesan newspaper.[1] He was raised to the rank of Domestic Prelate in 1941.[2]
On November 18, 1944, Mulloy was appointed the sixth Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, by Pope Pius XII.[3] He received his episcopal consecration on January 10, 1945, from Bishop Aloisius Joseph Muench, with Bishops Vincent James Ryan and Peter William Bartholome serving as co-consecrators, at St. Mary's Cathedral.[3] In addition to rural issues, Mulloy was also dedicated to civil rights. Speaking to the Catholic Committee of the South in 1951, he declared that "racial justice is a moral question" and that Catholic leaders in the Southern United States "cannot remain silent," even at the expense of being labeled with "the opprobrious accusation of being 'anti-Southern.'"[4]
After fifteen years as bishop, Mulloy died in Covington at age 66. He is buried at St. Mary Cemetery in Fort Mitchell.[1]
- Curtis, Georgina Pell (1947). The American Catholic Who's Who. Vol. VII. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.
- "Bishop William Theodore Mulloy". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
- Moore, Andrew S. (2007). The South's Tolerable Alien: Roman Catholics in Alabama and Georgia, 1945-1970. Louisiana State University Press.
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Preceded by | Bishop of Covington 1945—1959 |
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