William James Manning was the fifth Anglican Bishop of George.^[1]

Manning was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1945.^[2] 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 canon^[3] 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.^[4] He was ordained to the episcopate in 1978 and retired in 1984.^{[citation needed]}