FATHER MATTHEW McMANUS

Matthew Francis McManus was born in Rutherglen on 22 September 1940 and was educated at Sacred Heart High School, Girvan and Saint Andrew's College, Drygrange.

He was ordained the Good Shepherd Cathedral, Ayr on 3 April 1965. His first appointment as a Curate was to Saint Michael's Church, Kilmarnock for a few months in 1965. He then moved to Saint Margaret's Church, Ayr till 1976 when he became Parish Priest to Saint Conal's Church, Kirkconnel and Saint Margaret's Church, New Cumnock. In 1980, he was appointed Parish Priest to Saint Andrew's and Saint Cuthbert's Church, Kirkcudbright and Church of the Resurrection, Gatehouse of Fleet where he remained till he became Parish Priest of Saint Winin's Church, Kilwinning in 1988.

He became Parish Priest of the Church of Saint Peter in Chains on 23 November 2004.

The leftmost photograph was taken in 1990; the rightmost one on 7 August 2005.