Education
He attended Boston College High School followed by the College of the Holy Cross from 1940-1942.
priest theologian university professor
He attended Boston College High School followed by the College of the Holy Cross from 1940-1942.
He presided at the first English Mass in the United States in 1964 in Saint Louis, Missouri. He was a leader in the church in opening up dialogue with the Orthodox Church. He served as dean of The Catholic University of America"s School of Canon Law.
He published eleven books on the liturgy as well as hundreds of popular articles, spending 40 years as editor of The Jurist: Studies in Church Law and Ministry.
Personal Life and Born to Frederick and Mary (née Twomey) McManus, he had a younger brother Charles McManus. He went on to Saint John"s Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts and received a Bachelor of Arts in 1947.
He was ordained a priest on May 1, 1947. He received the following degrees: JCB (1952), Juris Canonici Licentiatus (1953) and Doctor of Canon Law (1954), all from The Catholic University of America (CUA), where he served as Dean of the School of Canon Law 1967-1973, Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies 1974-1983, and Academic Vice President, retiring in 1993 while continuing to teach until 1997 as Professor Emeritus.
He was the primary drafter of sections of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy.
Msgr. McManus served as president of the Liturgical Conference from 1959-1962 and 1964-1965. He was key in establishing the Federation of Diocesan Commissions (FDLC) in 1968.
He helped promote dialogue between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches.
He died in Boston, Massachusetts on November 27, 2005, at age 82.
Monsignor McManus attended the as a peritus on the liturgy and member of the council"s Liturgy Commission. He was a member of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL) from its inception in 1963 throughout decades of translation.