Manuel D. Moreno

Manuel Duran Moreno 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 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. As a new priest, he continued his studies at the graduate division of the Pontifical North American College in Rome and then returned to Los Angeles for his first parish assignment.

Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles

On December 20, 1976, Pope Paul VI named Moreno as an auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles He was consecrated on February 17, 1977, by Cardinal Timothy Manning at Saint Vibiana Cathedral in Los Angeles.

Bishop of Tucson

On January 12, 1982, Pope John Paul II appointed Moreno as bishop of Tucson. Moreno resigned as bishop of Tucson in March 2003.Moreno died on November 17, 2006, at his Tucson home where he had been receiving hospice care.