Manganese tetraphenylporphyrin bromide and iodide Mn(TPP)X (X = Br, 2; I, 3; TPP2− = meso-tetraphenylporphyrinate) are synthetic analogs of Mn(III) geoporphyrins. Crystal structures of 2 and 3 with chloroform in the lattices, Mn(TPP)Br·CHCl3 (2·CHCl3), Mn(TPP)I·CHCl3 (3·CHCl3), Mn(TPP)I·CDCl3 (3·CDCl3 in a different space group from 3·CHCl3), Mn(TPP)I·1.5CHCl3 (3·1.5CHCl3), and 2 with dichloromethane in the lattice, Mn(TPP)Br·CH2Cl2 (2·CH2Cl2), have been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction at 100 K or 298 K. Hirshfeld surface analyses of the crystal structures of 2·CHCl3, 2·CH2Cl2, 3·CHCl3, 3·CDCl3 and 3·1.5CHCl3 have been performed. Surprisingly the Mn(III)–Br and Mn(III)–I bonds in Mn(TPP)X (2–3) are about 0.2 Å (8%) longer than Fe(III)–Br and Fe(III)–I bonds in S = 5/2 Fe(TPP)X (X = Br, 4; I, 5), although both Mn(III) and Fe(III) ions have the same radii. Magnetic properties of 2 and 3 have been studied by direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) susceptibility measurements, high-field electron paramagnetic resonance (HFEPR), and inelastic neutron scattering (INS). With four unpaired electrons in Mn(TPP)X (X = Br, 2; I, 3), the bromide complex 2 in 2·CDCl3 possesses easy-axis anisotropy, as does the chloride analog Mn(TPP)Cl (1), with the axial (D) and rhombic (E) zero-field splitting parameters of D = –1.091(3) cm−1 and |E| = 0.087(2) cm−1. The iodide complex 3 in 3·CDCl3 becomes easy-plane with D = +1.30(1) cm−1 and |E| = 0.010(5) cm−1. Axial ZFS parameters D change from −2.290(5) cm−1 in 1, reported earlier, to −1.091(3) cm−1 in 2 and +1.30(1) cm−1 in 3.