Rev. Raul Herminio Mattei

Published 9:33 am Friday, February 13, 2015

TITUSVILLE, N.J. — The Rev. Raul Herminio Mattei died Feb. 5, 2015, while in hospice care in Titusville. He was 92.

Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, he attended divinity school at the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., receiving his B.A., B.D., S.T.M., and M.Div. degrees. For 11 years, he was the rector of St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Trenton, N.J.

While there, he founded the St. Michael’s Church Hispanic Seniors Center, worked with the Old Trenton Neighborhood Development Corp., served on the board of Mercer Street Friends Center, and ministered with Trenton Ecumenical Area Mission.

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He previously served as rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Corinth, Miss., St. Mary’s in Vicksburg, Christ Church in Vicksburg, St. Alban’s Church in Bovina, and at Iglesia San Marcos in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He was a teacher at All Saints Episcopal School in Vicksburg.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Antonia Castillo Mattei of Trenton, N.J.; his father, Gerónimo Mattei Cintrón of Ponce, Puerto Rico; his mother, Carmen Sanchez Mattei and his sister, Cruz Mattei, both of Denton, Texas.

He is survived by his children, the Rev. Cornelius (Raul) Mattei of East Setauket, N.Y., Peter Mattei of El Cajon, Calif., Carmen Greenlee of Brunswick, Maine, Mike Mattei of Titusville, Dr. C. Antonia Mattei of Flemington, N.J., and Al Mattei of Trenton, N.J.; his sister-in-law, Nancy Castillo of Paradise, Calif., and his children-in law Linda Mattei of Titusville, N.J., and David White of Flemington, N.J.; his beloved grandchildren, Alexander Greenlee of Portland, Maine, David White of Flemington, N.J., Maria White of Flemington, N.J., Barry Foster Mattei of Titusville, N.J., and Ana White of Flemington, N.J.; and cousins, nieces, and nephews.

A Memorial Mass will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015, at Trinity Cathedral, 801 W. State St., Trenton, N.J. Interment will be private under the direction of the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, Flemington, N.J.

Please visit www.holcombefisher.com for further information or to send condolences.