Frederick R. McManus

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Born	8 February 1923 canon lawyer

Frederick Richard McManus (born February 8, 1923,

He was also a leader in the church in opening up dialogue with the

Biography

Early life

Born to Frederick and Mary (née Twomey) McManus, he had a younger brother Charles McManus. He attended Boston College High School followed by the College of the Holy Cross from 1940-42. He went on to St. John's Seminary in Brighton and received a Bachelor of Arts in 1947. He was ordained a priest on May 1, 1947.

Education and career

He received the following degrees: JCB (1952), JCL (1953) and JCD (1954), all from

Monsignor McManus attended the Second Vatican Council as a peritus on the liturgy and member of the council's Liturgy Commission. He was the primary drafter of sections of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy. McManus served two terms as president of the Liturgical Conference. He was also made director of the Committee on the Liturgical Apostolate in 1965[2]

Associations and ecumenism

Msgr. McManus served as president of the Liturgical Conference from 1959–62 and 1964-65. He was key in establishing the Federation of Diocesan Commissions (FDLC) in 1968. He was a member of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL) from its inception in 1963 throughout decades of translation. He helped promote dialogue between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches. He consulted for the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, was a member of the Catholic-Orthodox Bilateral Commission and served on the International Joint Commission for Catholic-Orthodox Theological Dialogue. ^{[citation needed]}

Death

He died in Boston, Massachusetts on November 27, 2005, at age 82.^[3]

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