Robert Edward Mulvee

Robert Edward Mulvee (February 15, 1930 – December 28, 2018) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Mulvee served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Manchester in New Hampshire (1977-1985), as bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington in Delaware (1985–1995) and as bishop of the Diocese of Providence in Rhode Island (1997–2005).

Biography

Early life Robert Mulvee was born on February 15, 1930, in Boston, Massachusetts, to John F. and Jennie T. Mulvee. He studied at St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield, Connecticut; Saint Paul University in Ottawa, Ontario; and the American College of the Immaculate Conception in Leuven, Belgium. After his ordination, the diocese assigned Mulvee pastoral work in parishes for several years. He was then sent to study in Europe, earning a Doctorate of Canon Law from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome (1964) and a Master of Religious Education degree from the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium

Coadjutor Bishop and Bishop of Providence John Paul II appointed Mulvee as coadjutor bishop of Providence on February 9, 1995. He succeeded Bishop Louis Gelineau upon the latter's resignation on June 11, 1997. Mulvee made this statement:I reach out with deep sadness to the victims. Certainly in the name of the church, I ask their forgiveness and offer an apology for the harm that has been done to them. Mulvee was buried at St. Ann Cemetery in Cranston, Rhode Island.