Frederick R. McManus

The Reverend Monsignor Frederick R. McManus
Vice President of Academics of The Catholic University of America
In office 1983–1993
Personal details
Born	8 February 1923 Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
Died	27 November 2005 (aged 82) Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Alma mater	College of the Holy Cross St. John's Seminary (BA) Catholic University of America (JCB) (JCL) (JCD)
Occupation	Priest, canon lawyer
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Frederick Richard McManus (born February 8, 1923, Lynn, Massachusetts – died November 27, 2005, Boston, Massachusetts) was an American Roman Catholic priest and academic, who served as a peritus on the liturgy at the Second Vatican Council. He presided at the first English Mass in the United States in 1964 in St. 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.

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.

He received the following degrees: JCB (1952), JCL (1953) and JCD (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.

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.

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