Ministry Staff
Father Haynes Hubbard
Born in Norfolk, England and educated at University of Kings College, Halifax, Nova Scotia and then later at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto,
Fr. Haynes was ordained into the Diocese of Niagara and prior to acceptinghis appointment in the Algarve (May of 2007) he was Rector of the parish of Dunnville, near Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Outside of his work as a Parish Priest he enjoys travel and, together with his wife Susan has led various Christian missions to Central and South America. Fr. Haynes and Susan (a registered midwife) have three children: Sebastian, Gabriella and Caspian.
He enjoys golf (but plays badly), singing (a little better), and is passionate about working with young people to being them into the life of the Christian community, and raising the awareness of the Church to the needs of the Society around it: both near, and far.
Father Bob Bates
Fr Bob joined us here in the Algarve in May 2009, having previously served in the Peterborough Diocese in the UK, more recently in five rural parishes near Stamford, and previously in a busy Inner City parish (Urban Priority Area) in Peterborough with 15,000 people, and including a mosque and an encampment of travellers. Fr Bob and his wife Diane live in the Chaplaincy House in Boliqueime in the central part of the Algarve, with their dogs, Amos (the labrador) and Alfie (Jack Russell). They have a son Tom who has recently completed a post graduate music degree and lives and works in Cardiff singing on a regular basis with the choir of Llandaff Cathedral.
Fr Bob recently completed a walk across the St Vincent's 'parish' from Alcoutim, on the Guardiana river which separates Portugal from Spain, to Cape St Vincent in the extreme south west, taking 7.5 days to walk the 260 km, and raising 3000 euros for a home for the severely mentally handicapped in Albufeira.
Fr Bob is a retired Chartered Surveyor, taking early retirement to concentrate on his ministry, and is Chaplain to the Central and Eastern congregations, and the new church at Tavira.
Our Readers
Bob Kelly - Our most recent Reader and member of the Luz Congregation.
Eckart Floether - Another member of the Luz congregation
