Meet our Chaplains

Reverend Jason Tugwell - Chaplaincy Service Manager (Christian)

I am an ordained minister with the Elim Pentecostal movement and have more than 28 years of pastoral and local church leadership experience.    

I became the Chaplaincy Services Manager at Cardiff and Vale UHB in 2018 having previously worked as the Deputy Lead Chaplain for the Swansea Bay University Health Board. I also pastor alongside my wife at Elim Church in Cardiff North.     

Father Peter Davies (Catholic)    

I am a Roman Catholic priest and am originally from West Wales. In the past, I have worked as a psychiatric nurse and spent five years on a mental health project in Central Asia and two years in the Indian subcontinent. I was formerly an Anglican priest and I am married with children.    

Father David Pritchard (Catholic)    

I joined the Chaplaincy Team as a part-time Chaplain in 2018. I'm a Roman Catholic priest of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, which is an integral part of the wider Roman Catholic Church.  

At UHW, I'm assisted by a team of Eucharistic Ministers who, each Sunday, bring Holy Communion to Catholic patients. These ministers make approximately 900 bedside visits a year.     

Imam Farid Kahn (Muslim)   

I was appointed as a Chaplain at UHW in July 2016 to provide religious, spiritual and pastoral help and support to Muslim patients.  

I was the first Muslim Chaplain in Wales at Aneurin Bevan Health Board in 2003 at Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport and also successfully carried out duties as a Prison Chaplain at HMP Parc Bridgend for more than a decade.  

I have very strong connections with the Muslim community across Wales and I’m also multilingual. I can communicate and speak in English, Bengali, Arabic, Urdu, Hindi and Sylheti languages.  

Sister Amina Shabaan (Muslim)    

I joined the renowned Cardiff and Vale UHB Chaplaincy Team in 2016, becoming the first female Muslim Chaplain.     

I have played an active role within local communities for many years now and being a Chaplain gives me the perfect grounding to help and support people through spiritual nourishment.  

Being at the forefront of the Chaplaincy Department gives me the opportunity to interact with people from other faiths and backgrounds. I provide spiritual care, support and a listening ear during those crucial moments.     

I also provide Chaplaincy support at the University, teach Arabic and am a qualified Quran examiner.    

Reverend Caroline John (Church in Wales)    

I joined the Chaplaincy Team in 2018 after working in Bangor Cathedral as a Minor Canon.   

During this time, I ran the Foodbank and was Chaplain to the choir as well as being involved in the usual round of parish ministries.     

Born in England, I was ordained into the Church in Wales in 1990 and spent the next 19 years in Ceredigion. I was curate in both Cardigan and Aberystwyth.       

Reverend Sangkhuma Hmar (Presbyterian)  

I am from Mizoram, India where British missionaries spread Christianity and education and established hospitals in North East India from 1890s.  

I’m an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church of Mizoram and served in various capacities as Pastor, Mission Field Secretary, Administrative Secretary and General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of India until 1998. I served as a Partner in Mission being sponsored by the Council for World Mission (CWM) working alongside the Union of Welsh Independents and the Presbyterian Church of Wales until 2019.   

Until joining the chaplaincy team in July 2021, I volunteered to serve the Black Asian Minority Ethnic groups in South Wales which helped me to appreciate the challenges of crossing the divide and embracing diversity.   

Reverend Andy Gibbs (Baptist)    

I joined the Chaplaincy Team in April 2021 as a Baptist minister following a 27-year career in the environmental sector.    

During this time, I held a wide variety of roles from sweeping streets and administrative work, to running multi-disciplinary teams of environmental and technical specialists.    

In 2016 I left to study full-time at Cardiff University and complete my ministerial formation through South Wales Baptist College.    

For much of my career I have also been involved in church leadership. I served as a pastor to a church in Barry during my training and now work with churches across South Wales, particularly in Cardiff and the Vale.