Michel Mulloy


Michel Joseph Mulloy is an American priest of the Catholic Church. He is the bishop-elect of the Diocese of Duluth, having been appointed to the position in 2020. He previously served in the dioceses of Sioux Falls and Rapid City. He has been vicar general of the latter since 2017.

Early life

Mulloy was born in Mobridge, South Dakota, on May 20, 1954. He completed his primary education there and studied at Mobridge High School, before moving to Sioux Falls and attending O'Gorman Catholic High School. He went on to study at Saint Mary's University in Winona, Minnesota, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in classical humanities from that institution. He subsequently attended seminary at the Saint Paul Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota. On June 8, 1979, Mulloy was ordained to the Catholic priesthood for the Diocese of Sioux Falls.

Presbyteral ministry

Mulloy's first pastoral assignment was as a fidei donum priest to the Diocese of Rapid City, where he was assistant parish priest at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. He was then transferred to Christ the King Parish as an assistant two years later, before becoming the administrator of St. Joseph's Parish in 1983. He was consequently incardinated in Rapid City on a permanent basis and served in that diocese for over three decades beginning in 1986. In May 2017, he became vicar general of Rapid City. As such, he was deputy to the diocesan bishop, Robert D. Gruss, and became diocesan administrator when Gruss was installed as Bishop of Saginaw in July 2019.

Episcopal ministry

Mulloy was appointed Bishop of Duluth on June 19, 2020. He is scheduled to be consecrated and installed as bishop on October 1, 2020.