Timothy Manning

Timothy Finbar Manning (Irish: Tadhg Ó Mongáin; November 15, 1909 – June 23, 1989) was an Irish-born Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Los Angeles 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 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. 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.

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, 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. The end of McIntyre's tenure had seen increased tensions between himself and the clergy and minority members. 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." 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.

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

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