EPARCHY OF SAINT MARON OF BROOKLYN
Office of the Bishop
109 Remsen Street
Brooklyn, New York 11201-4212
Tel: (718)-237-9913 Fax: (718) 243-0444
chancery@stmaron.org www.stmaron.org
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Dear Brother Priests, Deacons, Subdeacons, Religious and Lay Faithful,
Tuesday we received the sad news that Reverend Haickel Paul Boackle entered peacefully into eternal life on December 9, 2025. Born in Birmingham, Alabama on November 27, 1944, he was the son of the late Louis and Angelle Boackle.
On September 30, 1989 Father Boackle was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Francis M. Zayek at St. Elias Maronite Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
Father Boackle's first assignment was in 1989 serving as Parochial Vicar at Our Lady of the Cedars of Mount Lebanon Church in Akron, Ohio. He remained there until 1990 when he was appointed to serve Our Lady of Lebanon Church in Wheeling West Virginia. From there, after a brief time at St. Louis Gonzaga Maronite Church in Utica, New York, he then served as Pastor of Saint George Maronite Church in Dover, New Hampshire from 1992 until he retired in October 2000.
Visitation for Father Boackle will be on Tuesday, December 16th, from 2:00pm to 6:00pm with the Ginnaz for Priests at 6:00pm at St. George Church located at 15 Chapel St, Dover, NH, 03820. Priests are asked to vest in jibbie and eparchial white stole.
On Wednesday, December 17th, there will be a visitation from 9:00am to 9:45am, at the parish with the Divine Liturgy at 10:00am, followed by the Burial and then a Mercy Meal at the Parish Hall.
Please remember Father Boackle in the Divine Liturgy. On behalf of the Eparchy of Saint Maron, Clergy, Religious and Lay Faithful, I offer my heartfelt condolences to his family and to all who cared about him.
May God grant eternal rest to his servant and priest.
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Gregory John Mansour