Irish American prelate
Timothy Manning
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 Ordination June 16, 1934 Consecration October 15, 1946 by
Joseph Thomas McGucken Created cardinal March 5, 1973 by
Paul VI Born (1909-11-15 ) November 15, 1909Died June 23, 1989(1989-06-23) (aged 79)
Los Angeles ,
California Buried
Calvary Cemetery , Los Angeles, California Previous post(s) Motto MAGNIFICAT Coat of arms
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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