Elias James Manning OFM Conv. (14 April 1938 – 13 October 2019) was an American-born Brazilian

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bishop. He served as bishop of the

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, from 1990 to 2014.

Personal life

Manning was born in

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, and had a brother and a sister. He attended

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, after graduating in 1959 instead of attending college he decided to attend St. Anthony-on-Hudson Seminary in Rensselaer. During his time in seminary he served on a mission trip to

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, which inspired him to become a missionary and join the

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s. After graduating from seminary and being ordained in 1965 Manning traveled to Brazil where he would spend his life as a Franciscan priest and missionary. In 1990 he was appointed bishop of the diocese of Valença. Manning died on 13 October 2019 at the age of 81.

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