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.