Fr. Tom Manahan, SJ came to Cincinnati and St. Xavier High School in 2018. He serves as a religion teacher at St. X High School and assists with various sacramental ministry duties there.

Fr. Tom born in Rochester, Minnesota is the seventh of nine children. Following eight years of working in corporate advertising and marketing, he entered the Society of Jesus in 1985 at the age of 30. He professed vows in 1987, was ordained a deacon in 1994, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1995. As a Jesuit, he has worked in the education, retreat, and parish ministries. Before coming to St. X High School, Manahan worked for fifteen years in administration, campus ministry, and religious education at Marquette University High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Fr. Manahan’s younger brother, Chris, is a Jesuit and he serves as the Director of the Jesuit Retreat House in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.