Background
Vath, Joseph G. was born on March 12, 1918 in New Orleans.
Vath, Joseph G. was born on March 12, 1918 in New Orleans.
Student, Notre Dame Seminary, New Orleans, 1941. Juris Canonici Licentiatus, Catholic University America, 1948.
Ordained priest, Roman Catholic Church, 1941; assistant pastor, Ascension Church, Donaldsonville, Louisiana, 1941-1946; assistant pastor, Incarnate Word Church, New Orleans., 1948; assistant pastor, St. Michael's Church, 1948-1949; vice-chancellor Archdiocese of New Orleans, 1948-1966; secretary to bishop, 1949-1962; secretary diocesan tribunal, 1955; administrator, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Kenner, Louisiana, 1952; pastor, Little Flower Church, 1966-1969; consecrated bishop, 1966; vicar general, auxiliary bishop, Mobile-Birmingham (Alabama) and titular bishop of Novaliciana, 1966-1969; bishop of Birmingham, 1969-1987.