Boutros Mouallem: key obituary facts
Is Boutros Mouallem dead? Yes. Boutros Mouallem died on May 13, 2026, at age 96.
Cause of death: Boutros Mouallem's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Boutros Mouallem known for?
Boutros Mouallem was an Israeli Melkite Greek Catholic hierarch, bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (1990–1998) and archbishop of Akka (1998–2003).
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Born: May 10, 1928.
Pierre Mouallem, the Israeli Melkite Greek Catholic hierarch who served as bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo from 1990 to 1998 and as archbishop of Akka from 1998 to 2003, died on May 13, 2026.
Born in Eilabun, Galilee, in 1928, he was ordained a priest in 1955 after studying at the Minor and Major Seminaries of St. Paul Missionaries in Harissa, Lebanon.
He later taught Arabic literature, French literature and humanities in Harissa, as well as philosophy, sociology and patristics at St. Anne of Jerusalem, before returning to Lebanon to teach theology, liturgy and Islamology at St. Paul’s High Institute.
Pierre Mouallem, 96, Israeli Melkite Greek Catholic hierarch, bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (1990–1998) and archbishop of Akka (1998–2003).