William Edward McManus

William Edward McManus (January 27, 1914 – March 3, 1997) was a 20th-century bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States.

He was ordained a priest on April 15, 1939, for the Archdiocese of Chicago by Cardinal George Mundelein.

On August 24, 1976, Paul VI named McManus as the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend.

Pope John Paul II accepted McManus' resignation as bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend on February 18, 1985.

[2] William McManus died on March 3, 1997, at age 83 in Des Plaines, Illinois.