- Joseph Gregory Vath
Bishop Joseph Gregory Vath, born March 12, 1918, in
New Orleans, Louisiana , was aRoman 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 theRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile . He died July 14, 1987.References
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bvath.html Catholic-Hierarchy.org data]
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