known as Cardinal Manning
born July 15, 1808, Totteridge, Hertfordshire, Eng.
died Jan. 14, 1892, London
British Roman Catholic cardinal.
The son of a banker and member of Parliament, he was ordained a priest of the Church of England in 1833. A member of the Oxford movement , he became a Catholic in 1851 and was ordained a priest later that year. He rose rapidly in rank, being appointed archbishop of Westminster in 1865 and cardinal in 1875. He favoured the centralization of authority in the church (Ultramontanism) and supported stronger wording on papal infallibility than was eventually adopted by the First Vatican Council. He established many schools and was highly regarded for his concern for social welfare.