Chaplains

 
Father Rob Kean - 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 Mobile: +351 964 236 675

Rev Carla Vicêncio Prior  - Chaplain 

Rev Carla joined St Vincent's Chaplaincy on December the 1st  2024, and serves the churches in the Central Algarve (Boliqueime) and the East (St Luke's Palhagueira)

You can contact Rev Carla by email here or
Mobile: +351 937 398 033.

Licensed Lay Ministers

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. He can be contacted on email here or mobile +351 915 634 215

Congregational Wardens

Praia da Luz

Boliqueime

St Luke's

Joyce Daffey

Joyce became Congregational warden in April 2023.

Contact Joyce on +351 918 824 584
​Contact Joyce by email here ​

Alison West

Alison moved to the Algarve in 2013 from Cyprus (and Wiltshire in the UK) and was delighted to find such a friendly congregation in Boliqueime.  She likes to solve people's IT problems (when possible!) and bake cakes.

 Contact Alison 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


Tricia Wells
To email Tricia, 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