Background
Mattar was born in Beirut, Lebanon and was ordained a priest on July 20, 1946 in Jerusalem.
Mattar was born in Beirut, Lebanon and was ordained a priest on July 20, 1946 in Jerusalem.
He studied theology and philosophy at the Seminario Saint Anne in Jerusalem, Palestine.
He was secretary in the Melkite bishopric in Beirut, Lebanon. Pastor of Our Lady of Providence. Superior of the Saint Basil School.
Vicar General in Beirut.
President of the Ecclesiastical Court - Patriarchal. Parish priest of Saint John Chrysostom (Chaplain).
Mattar was appointed bishop of the Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo on June 22, 1978 and ordained bishop on July 20, 1978. Mattar resigned from the diocese on April 20, 1990.
At the time of his death in 2014 he operated in the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus, in Boa Esperança, Minas Gerais.
