Timothy Manning

History
History
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated by	Joseph Thomas McGucken
Date	October 15, 1946

History
Ordination history of; Timothy Manning
Consecrated by
History
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated by	Joseph Thomas McGucken
Date	October 15, 1946
Juan Alfredo Arzube
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Timothy Manning as principal consecrator
Juan Alfredo Arzube	May 25, 1971
William Robert Johnson	May 25, 1971
Manuel Duran Moreno	February 19, 1977
Thaddeus Anthony Shubsda	February 19, 1977
Phillip Francis Straling	November 6, 1978
Donald William Montrose	May 12, 1983
William Levada	May 12, 1983
John Thomas Steinbock	July 14, 1984

His Eminence

Timothy Manning
His Eminence ; Timothy Manning
Cardinal, Archbishop emeritus of Los Angeles
	Manning in 1973
See	Los Angeles
Appointed	May 26, 1969 (Coadjutor)
Installed	January 21, 1970
Term ended	June 4, 1985
Predecessor	James Francis McIntyre
Successor	Roger Mahony
Other post(s)	Cardinal Priest of S. Lucia a Piazza d'Armi
Orders
Ordination	June 16, 1934
Consecration	October 15, 1946; by Joseph Thomas McGucken
Created cardinal	March 5, 1973; by Paul VI
Personal details
Born	November 15, 1909; Ballingeary, Ireland
Died	June 23, 1989 (aged 79); Los Angeles, California
Buried	Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, California
Previous post(s)	Coadjutor Archbishop of Los Angeles (1969–1970); Bishop of Fresno (1967–1969); Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (1946–1967);
Motto	MAGNIFICAT
Coat of arms

Last updated June 25, 2023

Styles of Timothy Manning

Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Los Angeles

Timothy Manning (Irish: Tadhg Ó Mongáin) (November 15, 1909 – June 23, 1989) was an Irish American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Los Angeles from 1970 to 1985, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1973.

Early life and ministry

Timothy Manning was born in Ballingeary, Ireland, to Cornelius and Margaret (née Cronin) Manning.^[1] Originally attending Mungret College in Limerick, he followed a call for priests in the United States and entered St. Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, California, in 1928.^[2] Manning was ordained on June 16, 1934,^[3] and then furthered his studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, obtaining his doctorate in canon law in 1938.^[2]

Upon his return to the States, he did pastoral work in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, also serving as secretary to Archbishop John Joseph Cantwell from 1938 to 1946. Manning was raised to the rank of Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness on April 15, 1943, and later Domestic Prelate of His Holiness on November 17, 1945.^[1] He became chancellor for the Archdiocese on March 19, 1946.^[1]

Episcopal career

On August 3, 1946, Manning was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles and Titular Bishop of Lesvi by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following October 15 from Bishop Joseph Thomas McGucken, with Bishops James Edward Walsh, MM, and Thomas Arthur Connolly serving as co-consecrators.^[3]

He became vicar general of the Archdiocese on November 29, 1955, and attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965.

Bishop of Fresno

Manning was named the first Bishop of Fresno on October 16, 1967. During his tenure, he supported the organization of a labor union for Central Valley farm workers, and sought to help wine producers and grape pickers reconcile their differences.^[2]

Archbishop of Los Angeles

After less than two years in Fresno, Manning was named Coadjutor Archbishop of Los Angeles and Titular Archbishop of Capreae on May 26, 1969. He succeeded James Francis McIntyre as the third Archbishop of Los Angeles on January 21, 1970. While a strong proponent of ecclesiastical authority, Manning took a more gentle style than his predecessor.^[4] The end of McIntyre's tenure saw tensions with the clergy and minorities^[2] and, following Manning's ascension, the new Archbishop stated, "My first reaction was to make it known that I was here to listen."^[2] He instituted ministries for blacks and Hispanics, a presbyterial council to grant the clergy greater participation in the governance of the Archdiocese, and an Inter-Parochial Council to extend the same participation to the laity.^[2] Shortly after becoming Archbishop, a majority of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, who had feuded with McIntyre, left the religious life and founded a lay community.^[5] He also supported the 1973 merger of the all-male Loyola University and all-female Marymount College into Loyola Marymount University in 1973; McIntyre had resisted attempts to allow co-education in the Archdiocese's Catholic university and colleges.

Pope Paul VI created him Cardinal-Priest of S. Lucia a Piazza d'Armi in the consistory of March 5, 1973. During the Vietnam War, Manning counseled young men on their right to become conscientious objectors.^[2] Staunchly anti-abortion, the Archbishop declared that any Catholic who cooperated in an abortion would suffer excommunication from the Church, including the mother herself.^[2] In 1974, in response to the Supreme Court's ruling on Roe v. Wade , he testified before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments of the Senate Judiciary Committee, saying, "An amendment is necessary first of all to protect the lives of the unborn children who can be killed—indeed, are being killed at this very moment—in the wake of the Supreme Court's decisions. But it is also needed to restore integrity to the law itself, to make the American legal system once more the guarantor and protector of all human rights and the human rights of all."^[6]

Manning was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the conclaves of August and October 1978, which selected Popes John Paul I and John Paul II respectively. Before entering the August conclave, he noted that the Church "has no political support in many places" and called for a pope who could "change people through warmth."^[7] In 1981, John Paul II sent him as a special papal envoy to the celebration in Drogheda, Ireland of the third centennial of Saint Oliver Plunkett's martyrdom.^[1] He called for a halt to the deportation of Salvadoran civil war refugees in 1983.^[2]

Later life and death

After fifteen years in Los Angeles, Manning retired as Archbishop on June 4, 1985. He took up residence at Holy Family Parish in South Pasadena.^[2]

Manning died on June 23, 1989, at the Norris Cancer Hospital of the University of Southern California, aged 79.^[2] He is buried at Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 4 5 Miranda, Salvador. "MANNING, Timothy". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Timothy Cardinal Manning, 79; Guided Los Angeles Archdiocese". The New York Times . 1989-06-24.
1 2 "Timothy Cardinal Manning". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.^{[ self-published source ]}
↑ "New Red Hats". TIME Magazine . 1973-02-12. Archived from the original on December 14, 2008.
↑ "The Immaculate Heart Rebels". TIME Magazine . 1970-02-16. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007.
↑ "1974 Testimony of Timothy Cardinal Manning to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary". Priests for Life . 1974-03-07.
↑ "In Rome, a Week off Suspense". TIME Magazine . 1978-08-28. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012.

External links

Media related to Timothy Manning at Wikimedia Commons
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by erected	Bishop of Fresno 1967–1970	Succeeded by Hugh Aloysius Donohoe
Preceded by James Francis McIntyre	Archbishop of Los Angeles 1970–1985	Succeeded by Roger Mahony

[cardinals-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Miranda, Salvador. "MANNING, Timothy". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church.

[obituary-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Timothy Cardinal Manning, 79; Guided Los Angeles Archdiocese". The New York Times . 1989-06-24.

[hierarchy-3] 1 2 "Timothy Cardinal Manning". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.^{[ self-published source ]}

[time-4] "New Red Hats". TIME Magazine . 1973-02-12. Archived from the original on December 14, 2008.

[nuns-5] "The Immaculate Heart Rebels". TIME Magazine . 1970-02-16. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007.

[roe-6] "1974 Testimony of Timothy Cardinal Manning to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary". Priests for Life . 1974-03-07.

[conclave-7] "In Rome, a Week off Suspense". TIME Magazine . 1978-08-28. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012.

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