William Manning (bishop)

William James Manning was the fifth Anglican Anglican [Diocese of George|Bishop of George].
Manning was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1945. He began his ordained ministry as a curate at St Mary Donnybrook, Dublin, Cork Cathedral and St John's Pembroke [Parish, Bermuda|Pembroke] on the island of Bermuda. From 1953 to 1964 he was a canon at Cathedral of the [Most Holy Trinity, Bermuda|Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity] after which he became a chaplain in Zurich. From 1967 to 1972 he was Precentor of St. George's [Cathedral, Cape Town]. He later became Dean of George at St. Mark's Cathedral in that city. He was ordained to the episcopate in 1978 and retired in 1984.