Retired Roman Catholic Bishop Robert Mulvee dies at 88

A retired bishop who led Roman Catholic dioceses in Delaware and Rhode Island has died. He was 88.
A statement posted on the Diocese of Providence’s website says former Bishop Robert E. Mulvee died on Friday at St. Antoine Residence in North Smithfield, Rhode Island, after a brief illness.
In 1985, Pope John Paul II appointed Mulvee to serve as the seventh Bishop of Wilmington in Delaware. He served in that role for a decade before his appointment to lead the Diocese of Providence in Rhode