William James Manning was the fifth Anglican Bishop of George.Wits historical papers
Manning was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1945.Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947 He began his ordained ministry as a curate at St Mary Donnybrook, Dublin, Cork Cathedral and St John's Pembroke on the island of Bermuda. From 1953 to 1964 he was a canonThe Times, 29 June 1957. at 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.Cathedral website He was ordained to the episcopate in 1978 and retired in 1984.
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