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Chaplains

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Father Rob Kean - Senior Chaplain

Father Rob Kean joined the Chaplaincy in April 2017 from the Diocese of Chelmsford. Rob has been ordained since 2012, and served his curacy in the parishes of Black and Great Notley, then becoming Team Vicar in the Witham and Villages Team, before coming to St Vincent's Chaplaincy. He is married to Angela and they have two grown up children, Sam and Sophie.  He is based at Praia da Luz in the western Algarve but oversees the whole Chaplaincy.

Father Rob can be contacted by email here or Tel: +351 282 789 660, Mobile: +351 964 236 675




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Locum Chaplains (East and Central)
At the moment the East and Central congregations are served by locum chaplains.  These chaplains are with us on a month by month basis.  Pictured is Father Ron Curtis, who regularly serves the chaplaincy as a locum.

You can contact our locum chaplains by email here or
Mobile: +351 912 779 102.


Licensed Lay Ministers

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Chris Wells - Licensed Lay Minister, Luz Church

Chris wears many hats, as well as being our newest Lay Minister, he is also a Churchwarden, blueberry farmer, lecturer on pain management and husband to Tricia.  His love of the Algarve has spread to his children, and his daughter's family now also live close by.
Chris and Tricia are active in initiatives to make church and the local community more climate friendly.  Chris is also a trained funeral celebrant and is often called upon to conduct services at the Algarve's two new crematoria.  He can be contacted on 
email here or mobile +351 915 634 215
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Maureen Kyle - Licensed Lay Minister, Boliqueime Church

Maureen retired to the Algarve in 2008 , having spent much of her life working for The Mothers Union both on the world wide trustee board and as diocesan president.  Having  been a Reader/licensed lay minister  in Southwark diocese she is now licensed to the Chaplaincy but worships and ministers at Boliqueime.  She has two married offspring and five grandchildren (at the last count) and visits them regularly.



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Fiona Mayes - Licensed Lay minister, St Luke's church

Shortly after her husband Stuart retired, Fiona and Stuart decided to spend most of the year in Portugal and they were delighted to find a C of E there. 

On Whit Sunday 2001, she realised God wanted her to study as a reader. The most difficult thing was trying to do the course by computer! She was licensed in Luz church on 10th Dec 2006 and mainly helps in St Luke's church. Does a great Joyce Grenfell as some of us can testify!


Congregational Wardens

Praia da Luz
Boliqueime
St Luke's
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Chris Wells

Chris became Congregational warden on 8 April 2019.

Contact Chris by email here
or
Mobile +351 915 634 215


John West

John has been coming to the Algarve twice and sometimes three times a year since 2000.
In 2006 he decided that the Algarve was where he wanted to retire to and duly arrived in September 2012, lock, stock, barrel (+ dog!)
He joined the Central congregation around 2010, enjoyed the friendliness he found and soon became Congregational Warden. John and Judi love the food in the restaurants up in the hills when they can escape.


 Contact John by email here 

Sue Storer

Sue is a long-time resident of the Algarve and has served the Chaplaincy in various different roles during that time.  She enjoys golf, travel and sunshine!

Contact Sue by email here 


Officers

Chaplaincy Wardens

John Goodfellow
To email John, click here.

Honorary Secretary

John Daffey
To email John, click here.
Honorary Treasurer
 
Heather Allen
To email Heather, click here.

Address

Chaplain in the West and Registered Office
Casa do Jardim

Rua José de Conceição Conde
8600-169 Luz-Lagos
Algarve
Portugal

Igreja Anglicana São Vicente, Casa do Jardim, Rua José de Conceição Conde, 8600-169, Luz (Lagos), Portugal, +351 282 789 660
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