 The Donat family in Mauritius has long been associated with the Anglican Church and active in the educational field.Rex Donat spent his childhood in the Port Louis suburb of Plaine Verte, by St Paul's Anglican Church, where his father Victor Donat, was the serving Minister, with church wardens Edwin Elie Donat and Oswald Sankarsingh.Bishop Rex Donat was married to Gladys Donat—born Lutchmaya, who died in 1998—and has three sons