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Timothy Manning

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Timothy Finbar Manning
Cardinal, Archbishop of Los Angeles
Titular Bishop of Lesvi
Titular Archbishop of Capreae
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Manning in 1973
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AppointedMay 26, 1969 (Coadjutor)
InstalledJanuary 21, 1970
Term endedJune 4, 1985
PredecessorJames Francis McIntyre
SuccessorRoger Mahony
Other postsCardinal Priest of S. Lucia a Piazza d'Armi
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Orders
OrdinationJune 16, 1934
by John Joseph Cantwell
ConsecrationOctober 15, 1946
by Joseph Thomas McGucken
Created cardinalMarch 5, 1973
by Paul VI
Personal details
Born(1909-11-15)November 15, 1909
Ballingeary, Ireland
DiedJune 23, 1989(1989-06-23) (aged 79)
Los Angeles, California, US
BuriedCalvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, California
EducationPontifical Gregorian University
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(My soul magnifies the Lord)
Ordination history of
Timothy Manning
History
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated byJoseph Thomas McGucken
DateOctober 15, 1946
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Timothy Manning as principal consecrator
Juan Alfredo ArzubeMay 25, 1971
William Robert JohnsonMay 25, 1971
Manuel Duran MorenoFebruary 19, 1977
Thaddeus Anthony ShubsdaFebruary 19, 1977
Phillip Francis StralingNovember 6, 1978
Donald William MontroseMay 12, 1983
William LevadaMay 12, 1983
John Thomas SteinbockJuly 14, 1984
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Timothy Finbar Manning
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Timothy Finbar Manning (Irish: Tadhg Ó Mongáin) (November 15, 1909 – June 23, 1989) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as archbishop of Los Angeles in California from 1970 to 1985. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1973.

Manning previously served as coadjutor archbishop of Los Angeles from 1969 to 1970, as bishop of Fresno in California from 1967 to 1969 and as an auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles from 1946 to 1967.

Early life

Timothy Manning was born on November 15, 1909, in Ballingeary, Ireland, to Cornelius and Margaret (née Cronin) Manning.[1] While attending Mungret College in Limerick, he was recruited to finish his seminary studies in the United States. He entered St. Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, California, in 1928.[2]

Priesthood

Manning was ordained into the priesthood for the Diocese of Los Angeles-San Diego at the Cathedral of Saint Vibiana in Los Angeles on June 16, 1934, by Bishop John Joseph Cantwell,[3] The diocese then sent Manning to Rome to further his studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University, obtaining a Doctor of Canon Law in 1938.[2]

Upon his return to California in 1938, the diocese, which was now known as the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, assigned him to pastoral work in parishes. Cantwell named Manning as his personal secretary that same year. The Vatican elevated Manning to the rank of privy chamberlain in 1943 and domestic prelate in 1945.[1] He became chancellor for the archdiocese in 1946.[1]

Episcopal career

Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles

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 October 15, 1946, from Bishop Joseph Thomas McGucken, with Bishops James Edward Walsh and Thomas Arthur Connolly serving as co-consecrators.[3] Manning was appointed vicar general of the archdiocese in 1955. He attended the Second Vatican Council in Rome from 1962 to 1965.

Bishop of Fresno

Manning was named the first bishop of Fresno on October 16, 1967, by Pope Paul IV. During his tenure, he supported the organization of a labor union for farm workers in the Central Valley of California. He sought to reconcile differences between the wine producers and grape pickers.[2]

Coadjutor Archbishop and Archbishop of Los Angeles

Manning was named coadjutor archbishop of Los Angeles and titular archbishop of Capreae on May 26, 1969, by Paul VI to assist Archbishop James Francis McIntyre. He succeeded 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 had seen increased tensions between himself and the clergy and minority members.[2] Following his installation, Manning stated, "My first reaction was to make it known that I was here to listen."[2]

Manning instituted ministries for black and Hispanic people, a presbyterial council to grant the clergy greater participation in the governance of the archdiocese, and an interparochial council to extend the same participation to the laity.[2] Shortly after Manning became 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] In 1973, Manning supported the merger of all-male Loyola University and all-female Marymount College, creating Loyola Marymount University; McIntyre had resisted attempts to allow co-education in these institutions.

Paul VI created Manning as cardinal-priest of the Church of S. Lucia a Piazza d'Armi in Rome during the consistory of March 5, 1973.

Manning participated in the conclaves of August and October 1978 that selected Popes John Paul I and John Paul II respectively. Before entering the August conclave, Manning noted that the Catholic Church "has no political support in many places". He called to the selection of a pope who could "change people through warmth."[6] In 1981, John Paul II sent Manning as a special papal envoy to the celebration in Drogheda, Ireland of the third centennial of the martyrdom of Oliver Plunkett, an Irish saint.[1]

Later life and death

After fifteen years in Los Angeles, Manning retired as archbishop of Los Angeles on June 4, 1985. He then 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]

Viewpoints

Abortion

Staunchly anti-abortion, Manning 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."[7]

Refugees

Manning called for a halt to the deportation of Salvadoran civil war refugees by the Reagan Administration in 1983.[2]

War

During American involvement in the Vietnam War, Manning counseled young men facing the draft on their right to become conscientious objectors.[2]

References

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