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Msgr. Frederick R. McManus 

1961 Liturgical Conference Board of Directors L-R: John Mannion, Frederick McManus, Johannes Quasten, Godfrey Diekmann	Arriving at 1962 North American Liturgical Week in Seattle	Opening Mass of the 1962 Liturgical Week Presider: Father Frederick McManus, President of The Liturgical Conference The first celebration of Eucharist in Seattle with the presider facing the assembly. (Photo from the Seattle Progress)	4 December 1964 Rome Monsignor McManus is shown here with Cardinal Joseph Ritter, then Archbishop of Saint Louis, and Father Godfrey Diekman, OSB at the Second Vatican Council on the day on which the Council Father approved the Constitution on the Liturgy, Sacrosanctum concilium.	1996 National Meeting in Minneapolis Preparing to present the 2nd annual McManus Award to Godfrey Diekmann

Born:  February 8, 1923, Lynn, Massachusetts
Died:  November 27, 2005, Boston Massachusetts

Curriculum Vitae

Adapted from "Frederick McManus: Pioneer, Peritus, Promoter" by John R. Page in How Firm a Foundation: Leaders of the Liturgical Movement, compiled by Robert L. Tuzik (Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1990)

Ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Boston May 1, 1947

Served at St. Catherine’s, Norwood and Holy Cross Cathedral; secretary to the Metropolitan Tribunal; master of ceremonies to Archbishop Richard J. Cushing

1951-1954 The Catholic University of America, received JCD, with a dissertation on the History of the Roman Congregation of the Sacred Rites

1954-1958 faculty of St. John’s Seminary, Boston, teaching canon law and moral theology

1956 member of Boston delegation for the Assisi-Rome Congress

1958 faculty of School of Canon Law at The Catholic University of America, dean 1967-1973

1959 named editor of the Jurist

1959 elected President of The Liturgical Conference at the Liturgical Week in Notre Dame. Reelected in 1964

1960-1962 upon receipt of invitation from Cardinal Domenico Tardini, papal secretary of state, served as a consultor to the Second Vatican Council’s Pontifical Preparatory Commission on the Liturgy.

1962-1965 peritus to the Second Vatican Council, invited by Cardinal Arcadio Larraona, president of the conciliar liturgical commission. Part of working group for Chapter III (The Other Sacraments and Sacramentals) of Sacrosanctum Concilium. Also part of working group dealing with liturgical law. Also served as member of the US Bishop’s Press Panel, giving briefings on the Council’s closed sessions.

1964-1970 served as a consultor to the Consilium for the Implementation of the Constitution on the Liturgy, both as a member of the group working on the revision of the sacramental rites apart from Mass, and as a member of the central steering body of consultors

1965 assisted in the formation of ICEL

1965-1975 first executive director of the Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy

1967-1983 served as consultor to the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law

1968-1976 associate editor of Worship

1968-1969 assisted in the formation of the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions

1974 appointed Vice-provost and Dean of Graduate Studies of The Catholic University of America

1979 appointed consultor to the Roman Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity

1979-1981 president Societas Liturgia

1983-1985 Academic Vice-president of The Catholic University of America

 Awards of Note

1978 recipient of Notre Dame Center for Liturgy's Mathis Award
1980 recipient of NAAL Berakah Award
1984 recipient of the Papal Benemerenti Medal
1990 recipient of John Caroll University's John Courtney Murray Award
1995 first recipient of FDLC McManus Award
2004 recipient of NPM Jubilate Deo Award