Timothy Finbar Manning | |
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| 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 posts | Cardinal Priest of S. Lucia a Piazza d'Armi |
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| Ordination | June 16, 1934 by John Joseph Cantwell |
| Consecration | October 15, 1946 by Joseph Thomas McGucken |
| Created cardinal | March 5, 1973 byPaul VI |
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| Born | (1909-11-15)November 15, 1909 |
| Died | June 23, 1989(1989-06-23) (aged 79) |
| Buried | Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, California |
| Motto | MAGNIFICAT |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Religious style | Cardinal |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Los Angeles |
Timothy Finbar Manning (Irish:Tadhg Ó Mongáin) (November 15, 1909 – June 23, 1989) was anIrish Catholic prelate who served asArchbishop of Los Angeles from 1970 to 1985. He was elevated to thecardinalate in 1973.
Timothy Manning was born inBallingeary,Ireland, to Cornelius and Margaret (née Cronin) Manning.[1] Originally attendingMungret College inLimerick, he followed a call forpriests in theUnited States and enteredSt. Patrick Seminary inMenlo Park,California, in 1928.[2] Manning wasordained on June 16, 1934,[3] and then furthered his studies at thePontifical Gregorian University inRome, obtaining hisdoctorate in canon law in 1938.[2]
Upon his return to the States, he didpastoral work in theArchdiocese of Los Angeles, also serving assecretary to ArchbishopJohn Joseph Cantwell from 1938 to 1946. Manning was raised to the rank ofPrivy Chamberlain of His Holiness on April 15, 1943, and laterDomestic Prelate of His Holiness on November 17, 1945.[1] He becamechancellor for the Archdiocese on March 19, 1946.[1]
On August 3, 1946, Manning was appointedAuxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles andTitular Bishop ofLesvi byPope Pius XII. He received hisepiscopal consecration on the following October 15 from BishopJoseph Thomas McGucken, with BishopsJames Edward Walsh,MM, andThomas Arthur Connolly serving asco-consecrators.[3]
He becamevicar general of the Archdiocese on November 29, 1955, and attended theSecond Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965.
Manning was named the firstBishop of Fresno on October 16, 1967. During his tenure, he supported the organization of alabor union forCentral Valleyfarm workers, and sought to help wine producers andgrape pickers reconcile their differences.[2]
After less than two years in Fresno, Manning was namedCoadjutor Archbishop of Los Angeles and Titular Archbishop ofCapreae on May 26, 1969. He succeededJames Francis McIntyre as the thirdArchbishop 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 forblacks andHispanics, apresbyterial council to grant the clergy greater participation in the governance of the Archdiocese, and an Inter-Parochial Council to extend the same participation to thelaity.[2] Shortly after becoming Archbishop, a majority of theSisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, who had feuded with McIntyre, left thereligious life and founded a lay community.[5] He also supported the 1973 merger of the all-male Loyola University and all-female Marymount College intoLoyola Marymount University in 1973; McIntyre had resisted attempts to allow co-education in the Archdiocese's Catholic university and colleges.
Pope Paul VI created himCardinal-Priest ofS. Lucia a Piazza d'Armi in theconsistory of March 5, 1973. During theVietnam War, Manning counseled young men on their right to becomeconscientious objectors.[2] Staunchlyanti-abortion, the Archbishop declared that any Catholic who cooperated in anabortion would sufferexcommunication from the Church, including the mother herself.[2] In 1974, in response to theSupreme Court's ruling onRoe v. Wade, he testified before theSubcommittee on Constitutional Amendments of theSenate 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 thecardinal electors who participated in theconclaves ofAugust andOctober 1978, which selectedPopes John Paul I andJohn Paul II respectively. Before entering the August conclave, he noted that the Church "has no political support in many places" and called for apope who could "change people through warmth."[7] In 1981, John Paul II sent him as a special papal envoy to the celebration inDrogheda, Ireland of the third centennial of SaintOliver Plunkett'smartyrdom.[1] He called for a halt to thedeportation ofSalvadorancivil warrefugees in 1983.[2]
After fifteen years in Los Angeles, Manning retired as archbishop on June 4, 1985. He took up residence atHoly Family Parish inSouth Pasadena.[2]
Manning died on June 23, 1989, at theNorris Cancer Hospital of theUniversity of Southern California, aged 79.[2] He is buried atCalvary Cemetery inEast Los Angeles.[1]
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