Joseph Gregory Vath

Bishop Joseph Gregory Vath (March 12, 1918 – July 14, 1987) served as a Roman Catholic bishop and the first Bishop of Birmingham in Alabama.

Biography

Vath was born March 12, 1918, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 7, 1941.

Vath was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Mobile-Birmingham on March 4, 1966, and consecrated on May 26, 1966. He was appointed Bishop of Birmingham in Alabama, on September 29, 1969, when the Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham was split into the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mobile.

He died July 14, 1987.

References

    Episcopal succession
    Catholic Church titles
    Preceded by
    None    		 Bishop of Birmingham in Alabama
    1969–1987    		 Succeeded by
    Raymond James Boland


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