Manuel Duran Moreno

Manuel Duran Moreno (November 27, 1930 – November 17, 2006) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the sixth bishop of Tucson in Arizona from 1982 to 2003. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in California.

Biography

Early life Manuel Moreno was born on November 27, 1930, in Placentia, California, to Antonio and Enedina Moreno. His father worked in the citrus and walnut groves that surrounded Placentia, and young Manuel often worked with him there.

Moreno graduated from Fullerton Junior College in Fullerton, California and the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) where, in 1953, he received a degree in business administration. While at UCLA, Moreno started thinking about becoming a priest..

After his graduation, Moreno entered Our Lady Queen of Angels Seminary in San Fernando, California. He completed his preparation and studies at St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo, California.

Priesthood Moreno was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on April 25, 1961 by Cardinal James Francis Aloysius McIntyre. Moreno died on November 17, 2006, at his Tucson home where he had been receiving hospice care.