Bishop Maurus was born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 8, 1938, son of Thomas and Gertrude McNamara.  He was baptized Thomas Andrew. He was received into the novitiate on August 15, 1958; made his temporary profession of vows on August 16,1959; professed solemn vows on August 16, 1962; was ordained a priest on June 11, 1966; and ordained a bishop on October 8, 1984.

Bishop Maurus ministered from 1966 to 1981 in Central America, serving at our parishes in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras as well as the Instituto San Francisco. In 1982 he returned to the United States, serving as Director of the Hispanic Center, New Bedford, Massachusetts while residing at St. Joseph Friary, Onset. On February 2, 1983, Pope John Paul II appointed him Prelate of Olancho, Honduras.  He was ordained a bishop on October 8, 1984, and in 1987 was named Bishop of Juticalpa, Honduras, a position he held until his retirement in 2012.  Funeral arrangements:

Wake: Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Saint Joseph Church

154 South Franklin Street

Holbrook, Massachusetts 02343

4:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Funeral Mass: Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Saint Joseph Church

Holbrook, Massachusetts 02343

10:30 AM

Burial: Friars Cemetery

Andover, Massachusetts