Timothy Manning

Religious Leader

Birthday November 15, 1909

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Ireland

DEATH DATE Jun 23, 1989 (79)

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About

Irish American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the Archbishop of Los Angeles from 1970 to 1985.

Before Fame

He obtained his doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, in 1938.

Trivia

He was a cardinal elector in both 1978 papal conclaves, which elected Pope John Paul I and Pope John Paul II.

Family Life

He left his family in his native Ireland to follow a call for priests in the United States and moved to California in 1928.

Associated With

He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1973 by Pope Paul VI.