Joseph Gregory Vath

Male, Deceased Person

1918 – 1987

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Who was Joseph Gregory Vath?

Bishop Joseph Gregory Vath, born March 12, 1918, in New Orleans, Louisiana, was a Roman Catholic bishop and the first Bishop of Birmingham in Alabama. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 7, 1941. He 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 Archdiocese of Mobile. He died July 14, 1987.

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Born
1918
Nationality
  • United States of America
Died
1987

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on July 23, 2013

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