Manuel Suárez Fernández OP (5 November 1895 - 30 June 1954) was a Spanish

Dominican friar The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Cal ...

and Catholic priest who became the 80th

Master of the Order of Preachers The Master of the Order of Preachers is the Superior General of the Order of Preachers, commonly known as the Dominicans. The Master of the Order of Preachers is ''ex officio'' Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aqui ...

in 1946 and served until his death in 1954. He was born in Herías and died in

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Worker-Priest Controversy

In February, 1954, in the context of the controversy over the

Worker-priest Worker-priest (french: Prêtre ouvrier, Prêtres au travail) was a missionary initiative by the French Catholic Church in particular for priests to take up work in such places as car factories to experience the everyday life of the working class. A ...

movement in France, Suarez removed the Priors Provincial of the Paris, Lyons, and Toulouse Dominican provinces.

Death

While still in office as Master of the Dominican Order, Suárez was killed in an automobile accident in 1954. He was traveling at the time from Rome to Madrid. Also killed was his secretary, Fr. Aureliano Martinez Cantarino. As a result, Fr. T.S. McDermott, OP, the Dominican Provincial of the Province of St. Joseph (Eastern USA), briefly assumed responsibility for governing the Order until Fr. Michael Browne, OP was elected in April 1955.

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