European Network of Health Care Chaplaincy
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
[Health Care Chaplaincy in Albania]
Orthodox Church of Albania
Representative
No respresentative at present
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[Health Care Chaplaincy in Austria]

Anna L Seyfried (Tartu 2008)
Representatives:
Pfarrer Mag Friedrich Van Scharrel
Linsengasse 17
A-9020 Klagenfurt
AUSTRIA
E-mail: evang.seelsorge@lkh-klu.at
Representative:
Dr Anna L Seyfried
Roman Catholic Hospital Chaplain
Kapuzinerstr. 84
Postfaca 284
A 4020
LINZ
OberÖsterreich
AUSTRIA
E-mail: anna.seyfrie@dioezese-linz.or.at
[Health Care Chaplaincy in Belgium]

Prof Dr Axel Liégeois and Dr Anne Vandenhoeck (Tartu 2008)
Prof Dr Kristiaan Depoortere
Bishop's House
Heilige-Geeststraat 4
B-8000 Brugge
Belgium
kristiaan.depoortere@theo.kuleuven.ac.be
Prof. Dr Annemie Dillen
Faculty of Theology
St. Michielsstraat 6
3000 Leuven
Belgium
annemie.dillen@theo.kuleuven.be
Representatives:
Prof Dr Axel Liégeois
Faculteit Godgeleerdheid
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Sint-Michielsstraat 6
bus 3101
B-3000 Leuven
BELGIUME-mail: axel.liegeois(at)theo.kuleuven.be
Dr Anne Vandenhoeck
Faculty of Theology
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
St.Michielsstraat 6
B-3000 Leuven
Belgium
E-mail: anna.vandenhoeck@theo.kuleuven.be
[Health Care Chaplaincy in Bulgaria]
Representative:
Dr Jordan Stojanov Vuchov MD
E-mail: jvuchkov@yahoo.co.uk
Fr Mario Yonov
(Hospital Priest)
1 Georgi Sofijski Blvd
Alexandrovska University Hospital
Sofia 31
BulgariaE-mail: Mario_yonov@yahoo.com
[Healthcare Chaplaincy in the Czech Republic]

Rev Pavel Pokorny, Marie Opatrna MD, MA and Mrs Markéta Cermáková MA (Tartu 2008)
Ms Jitka Krausová
General Secretary
370/5 Donska
Prague 10
101 00
E-mail: erc@ekumenickarada.cz
Website: www.ekumenickarada.cz
Representative
Rev Pavel Pokorny
Nam. Pred Bateriemi 22
Prague
162 00
Czech Republic
E-mail: pavel.pokorny@evangnet.cz
Pastoral Care Unit – Department of Oncology
General Teaching Hospital
First faculty of Medicine
Representatives
Marie Opatrna MD, MA
Terronska 10
Prague
6000
Czech Republic
E-mail: mopatrna@seznam.cz
Mrs Markéta Cermáková MA
Zitna 368
Trutnov 3
54103
Czech Republic
E-mail: marketa10@centrum.cz
[Health Care Chaplaincy in Denmark]
Rev Henning Nabe Nielsen
Chairman
Rigshospitalet Blegdamsvej
2100 København ø
E-mail: rh06116@rh.dk
Representative
Svend Erik Søgaard
Bellisvej 35
DK 7400 Herning
Denmark
E-mail: sels@km.dk

[Health Care Chaplaincy Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Orthodox Church]

Fr Stavros Kofinas (Lisbon 2006)
Representative:
Fr Stavros Kofinas
Lycias 3
Nea Smyrna
17124 Athens
GREECE
E-mail: kofinas@otenet.grWebsite: www.pastoralhealth-ep.com
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[Health Care Chaplaincy in Estonia]

Rev Naatan Haamer
Representative:
Rev Naatan Haamer
Lepiku 14 -3b
Tartu
51007
ESTONIA
E-Mail: naatan.haamer@kliinikum.ee
Representative:
Rev Sampo Muurinen
Director of Hospital Chaplaincy
PO Box 185
FIN - 00161
Helsinki
FINLAND
E-mail: sampo.muurinen@evl.fi
President
Rev Hilkka Kakko-Helle
Kullervontie 3
FIN - 21530 Paimio
Finland
E-mail: hilkka.kakko-helle@tyks.fi
[Health Care Chaplaincy in France]

Mme Anne Humeau, Rév Anne Miller-Lauprete,Père Pierre Bouisset (Tartu 2008)
106, rue du Bac
75341 Paris - Cedex 07
FRANCE
Representatives:
Mme Anne Humeau
7 Boulevard Victor Hugo
Cholet
49300
FranceE-mail: anne.humeau@cef.fr
Pierre Bouisset
11 enclos St Nicolas
Castelnau-le-Lez
34170
FranceE-mail: bouissetp@orange.Fr
Commission de l'Aumônerie des Etablissements Sanitaires
et Médico-sociaux
President
Rév Jean-Jacques Bonsirven
E-mail: amsr@uepal.fr
Head Chaplain
Rév Isabelle Meykuchel
E-mail: isabelle.meykuchel@laposte.net
Representatives:
Rév Anne Miller-Lauprete
10, rue du Poirier de Sauge
77710, VillmarÉchal
FRANCE
E-mail: Amillerlauprete@aol.com
[Health Care Chaplaincy in Germany]

Pfarrerin Kathrin Jahns, Thomas Hiemenz (Tartu 2008)
Pater Dr Manfred Entrich
Head of the Department Pastoral Care
of the German Bishops´ Conference
E-mail: m.entrich@dbk.de
Representative:
Dr Hans-Gerd Angel
Sekretariat der Deutschen Bischofskonferenz
Bereich Pastoral
Kaiserstraße 161
D-53113 Bonn
GERMANY
E-mail: h.angel@dbk.de
Representative:
Thomas Hiemenz
Katholischer Krankenhausverbad Deutschlands
79004 Freiburg
GERMANY
E-mail: thomas.hiemenz@caritas.de
Website: www.caritas.de www.kkvd.de
Representative:
Pfarrerin Kathrin Jahns
Auf der Schubach 35
34130 Kassel
Germany
E-mail: kathrin-jahns@t-online.de
[Health Care Chaplaincy in Greece]

Fr Adamantios Avgoustidis (Lisbon 2006)
Representative:
Rev. Dr Prof Adamantios G Avgoustidis
Lector, University of Athens.
23, Athinas str
Piraeus 18539
GREECE
E-mail: aavgoust@theol.uoa.gr
[Health Care Chaplaincy in Hungary]

Rev Drs Tünde Édes (Tartu 2008)
Representatives:
Rev Judit Gál
Reformed Mission Centre
Health Care Chaplaincy
1151 Budapest
Alag u.3.
HungaryE-mail galjud@axelero.hu
Rev Drs Tünde Édes
Hospital Chaplain
H-7621 Pécs
Gábor u. 4. 11/7
HUNGARY
E-mail: tunde.edes@freemail.hu
[Health Care Chaplaincy in Iceland]
Representative:
Sigfinnur Þorleifsson
Hospital Chaplain
Landspítali University Hospital
Fossvogur
108 Reykjavík
ICELAND
E-mail: sigfinn@landspitali.is
[Health Care Chaplaincy in Ireland]
Sr Pat O'Donovanand Margaret Sleator (Tartu 2008)
Danielle Browne
Secretary
PO Box 10858
Blackrock
Co.Dublin
Ireland
E-mail: nahc@eircom.net
Representative:
Sr Pat O'Donovan
11 Blackrock Court
Youghal Road
Dungarvan
Co Waterford
Ireland
E-mail: pat_odonovan@eircom.net
Danielle Browne
Secretary
PO Box 10858
Blackrock
Co.Dublin
Ireland
E-mail: danielle_cass@ireland.com
Representative:
Ray Gately
4 Jardin Drive
Loughrea
Galway
IrelandIreland
E-mail: raygately@hotmail.com
[Health Care Chaplaincy in Italy]

Fr Dr Angelo Brusco (Tartu 2008)
Representative:
Fr Dr Angelo Brusco
Director of Centro Camilliano di Formazione
Via C C Bresciani 2
37124 Verona
ITALY
E-mail: angelobrusco@libero.it
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[Health Care Chaplaincy in Latvia]

Representatives:
Dana Kalnina-Zake
Lapu iela 15-13
Riga, LV 1002
LATVIA
E-mail: dana.kalnina@gmail.com
[Health Care Chaplaincy in Lithuania - Information dated 2002]
Cardinal Audrys J Backis
Episcopal Conference of Lithuania
S. Skapo g. 4
LT–01122 Vilnius
LITHUANIA
NO RESPRESENTATIVE
Vysk. Mindaugas Sabutis
J. Tumo Vaižganto 50
LT – 72263 Tauragė
E-mail: konsistorija@takas.lt
NO REPRESENTATIVE
[Health Care Chaplaincy in Malta]

Fr John Vella (Lisbon 2006)
Fr John Vella,
Franciscan Capuchin Hospital Chaplaincy
Franciscan Capuchin Friary,
Lourdes Square,
San Gwann SGN 04.
MALTA
E-mail: jo_hanin@yahoo.com
[Health Care Chaplaincy in the Netherlands]
[VERENIGING VAN GEESTELIJK VERZORGERS IN ZORGINSTELLINGEN]
Website: www.vgvz.nl
Secretariaat VGVZ
Leidseplein 5
1017 PR AMSTERDAM
E-mail: info@vgvz.nl
Representative:

Dhr. Simon Evers
President VGVZ
Leidseplein 5
1017 PR Amsterdam
E-mail: s.a.a.evers@olvg.nl
[Stichting Kwaliteitsregister Geestelijk Verzorgers]
Website: www.registergeestelijkverzorgers.nl
Secretariaat SKGV
Leidseplein 5
1017 PR AMSTERDAM
E-mail: info@skgv-register.nl
Representative:
Drs. Robert Koorneef,
President SKGV
Leidseplein 5
1017 PR Amsterdam
E-mail: r.koorneef@mzh.nl
[Health Care Chaplaincy in Norway]
Rev Leif Kirstian Drangsholt
leif.drangsholt@sshf.no
Association's Web Site: www.prestefor.no
Representatives:

Rev Eirik Os (Dublin 2004)
Rev Eirik Os
Tærudstien 15
2020 Skedsmokorset
NorwayE-mail: eirik.os@lds.no
Rev Piotr Krakowiak
National Chaplain of Hospice Movement in Poland
Member of National Board for Health Care Chaplaincy in the Bishops' Conference in Poland
E-mail: piotrkrakowiak@wp.pl
[Health Care Chaplaincy in Portugal]

Pe Nuno (Tartu 2008)
Representative:
Pe. José Nuno Ferreira da Silva
Coordenação Nacional Capelanias Hospitalares
Hospital S. João
Al. Professor Hernâni Monteiro
4202- 451 Porto
Portugal
E-mail: pjnuno@hsjoao.min-saude.pt
[Health Care Chaplaincy in Romania]

Rev Gabriella-Ildikò Lakatos (Tartu 2008)
Representative:
Rev Gabriella-Ildikò Lakatos
SPITALUL CLINIC DE URGENTA MURES
TG. MURES
Str. Mihai Viteazul nr.50-53
Romania
E-mail: gabriellalakatos@yahoo.com
Representative:
Rev Gabriel Cazacu
Executive Director, "St. Macrina" Shelter
14 Ilarie Chendi,
sect. II
Bucharest
ROMANIA
E-mail: pr_gabriel@hotmail.com
[Health Care Chaplaincy in Russia]

Hegumen Seraphim
(Lisbon 2006)
109004
Moscow
NiKoloyamskaya57
Russia
Web: www.diaconia.ru
Representatives:
Hegumen Seraphim (Andrey Kravchenko)
Moscow
107065
Altayskata 5-9
Russia
E-mail: diakonia@mtu-net.ru
[Health Care Chaplaincy in Slovakia]

Mgr Miriam Prásilová and Mgr Lýdia Naďová (Lisbon 2006)
GBU (Bishop's Office)
Lutheran Church of AC
Palisady 48
PO Box 289
811 06 Bratislava
Slovakia
Representatives:
Mgr Miriam Prásilová
E-mail:miriam.prasilova@gmail.com
Mgr Lýdia Naďová
E-mail:l_r_nadovi@yahoo.com

Padre Miguel Angel Cruz Fernández (Lisbon 2006)
Conferencia Episcopal Esañiola
Añastro 1
28033
Madrid
SPAIN
Representative:
Padre Miguel Angel Cruz Fernández
Nuestra Señora del Rosario, 24
15001
A Coruña, 34981229911
SPAIN
E-mail: miguelcruz@ya.com or mi_crufer@yahoo.es
[Health Care Chaplaincy in Sweden]
Church of Sweden
Representatives:
Åsa Jonsson
Konsulent vid Svenska kyrkans Centrum
för andlig vård inom hälso- och sjukvården
Diakonistiftelsen Samariterhemmet
Samaritergränd 2
SE-753 19 Uppsala
Sweden
E-mail: asa.jonsson@diakonistiftelsen.se
Rose-Marie Eriksson
Vanadisvagen 8
3 tr
Stockholm
113 46
SwedenE-mail: Rose-Marie.c.Eriksson@svenskakyrkan.se
Birgitta Fält
Norumsgärde 46
417 43 Göteborg
Sweden.
E-mail: birgitta.falt@svenskakyrkan.se
Representative:

Rev Gunnel Andréasson, (Lisbon 2006)
Rev Gunnel Andréasson
Konsult för Sjukhuskyrkan
Sveriges Kristna Råd
Starrbäcksgatan 11
17299 Sundbyberg
SWEDEN
E-mail: gunnel.andreasson@skr.org
[Health Care Chaplaincy in Switzerland]

Marlène Inauen lic phil, Pfarrer Pfarrer Adriaan Kerkhoven ,Audrey Kaelin (Tartu 2008)
Lucia Hauser
President
Spitalstrasse 21
CH-4031 Basel
SWITZERLAND
E-mail: lhauser@uhbs.ch
Margrit Weder
Secretary
Katholisches Pfarramt
Kantonsspital
CH-8401 Winterthur
SWITZERLAND
E-mail: katholisches.pfarramt@ksw.ch
Website: www.spitalseelsorge.ch
Representatives:
Marlène Inauen lic phil
Wydaeckerring 71
CH-8047 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
E-mail: marlene.inauen@usz.ch
Audrey Kaelin, MA, MTh
Rainholzstrasse 4
CH-8123 Ebmatingen
SWITZERLAND
E-mail: audrey.kaelin@bluewin.ch
Pfarrer Jürg Merz
Pfarramt Universitätsspital Basel
4031 Basel
E-mail:jmerz@uhbs.ch
Representative:
Pfarrer Adriaan Kerkhoven
Gartenackerweg 10
CH-5200 Brugg
Switzerland
E-mail:ag.kerkhoven@bluewin.ch
[Health Care Chaplaincy in Ukraine]

Fr Volodymyr Lyupak (Lisbon 2006)
Representative:
Fr Volodymyr Lyupak
5, St. George's Square
L'viv
79070
UKRAINE
E-mail:frvlod@gmail.com
Website: www.ugcc.org.ua/eng
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[Hospice and Palliative Care Chaplaincy in the UK]
Representatives:
President
Steve Barnes
Willen Hospice
Willen Village
Milton Keynes
MK15 9AB
UK
E-mail: Chaplain@willen-hospice.org.uk
Web: www.ahpcc.org.uk
Rabbi Markus Lange
Marie Curie Hospice Hampstead
11 Lyndhurst Gardens
London
NW3 5NS
UK
E-Mail: markus.lange@mariecurie.org.uk
Rev William Sharpe
CHCC Registrar
CHCC/Unite
33 - 37 Moreland Street
London
EC1V 8HA
E-mail: William.Sharpe@unitetheunion.com
Website: www.healthcarechaplains.org
Representatives
Rev Mark Stobert
Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Russells Hall Hospital
Dudley
DY1 2HQ
UK
E-Mail:Mark.Stobert@dgoh.nhs.uk
Representative
Very Rev. Fr. Anastasios D. Salapatas
The Vicarage
660 Kenton Road
Kenton, Harrow, Middx, HA3 9QN
England
E-mail: AnastasiosDS@aol.com
[Health Care Chaplaincy in England and Wales]
Hospital Chaplaincies Council
of the General Synod of the Church of England
Hospital Chaplaincies Council
Church House
Great Smith Street
Westminster,
London SW1P 3NZ
UK
E-mail: mary.ingledew@c-of-e.org.uk
Website: www.nhs-chaplaincy-spiritualcare.org.uk
Representative:
Rev Richard Lowndes
Senior Manager Spiritual Care, Bereavement Care and Voluntary Services
Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
The Chaplaincy Centre
Mailpoint 201
Southampton General Hospital
Tremona Road
Southampton
SO16 6YD.
E-mail: richard.lowndes@suht.swest.nhs.uk
Free Churches Secretary for Health Care Chaplaincy (England and Wales)
Rev Debbie Hodge
Churches Together in England
27 Tavistock Square
London WC1 9HH
UK
Email: debbie.hodge@cte.org.uk
Website: www.churches-together.org.uk
Multifaith Group for Healthcare Chaplaincy
Administrator, MFGHC
PO Box 2261
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP3 6WEE-mail: administrator@mfghc.com
Website: www.mfghc.com
[Health Care Chaplaincy in Scotland]
John K Thomson
Ministries Officer
Church of Scotland
121 George Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4YN
SCOTLAND
UK
E-mail: jthomson@cofscotland.org.uk
Rev Ewan Kelly
Programme Director for Healthcare Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care
NHS Education for Scotland,
5th Floor,
Thistle House,
91, Haymarket Terrace,
Edinburgh,
EH12 5HE
E-mail: Ewan.Kelly@nes.scot.nhs.uk
Website: www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/spiritualcare/
Representatives
Rev Dr Derek Brown
President
Chaplains' Office
Raigmore Infirmary
Inverness
E-mail: derek.brown1@nhs.netWebsite: www.sach.org.uk
Secretary:
John K Thomson
Ministries Officer
Church of Scotland
121 George Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4YN
SCOTLAND
UK
E-mail: jthomson@cofscotland.org.uk
Representative:
Rev Fred Coutts
Chaplains' Office
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Foresterhill
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZN
SCOTLAND
UK
E-mail: Fred.Coutts@nhs.net
Representatives:
Rev Jack Moore
President, Northern Ireland Healthcare Chaplains' Association
8 Cherry Tree Grove
Antrim
BT41 1PP
Northern Ireland
E-mail: jmoore2006@btinternet.com
E-Mail jmoore2006@me.com
Rev Jennifer McWhirter
Secretary, Northern Ireland Healthcare Chaplains' Association
The Vicarage
926 Antrim Road
Templepatrick
Co. Antrim
BT39 0AT
Northern Ireland
E-mail: nihca@chaplains.co.uk
Website: www.nihca.co.uk