Bishop Joseph Gregory Vath †

Deceased

Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Mar 1918		Born	New Orleans
7 Jun 1941	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
4 Mar 1966	48.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Mobile-Birmingham, Alabama, USA
4 Mar 1966	48.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Novaliciana
26 May 1966	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Novaliciana
29 Sep 1969	51.5	Appointed	Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA
14 Jul 1987	69.3	Died	Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA

a priest for 46.1 years
a bishop for 21.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Egidio Cardinal Vagnozzi †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Charles Pasquale Greco †
Bishop Louis Abel Caillouet †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Gregory Vath † (1966)
Egidio Cardinal Vagnozzi † (1949)
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

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