He was ordained in 1656 and served first in Ceylon, where he narrowly escaped being trampled on by an elephant, and later in India, as one of the first Protestant missionaries to visit that country.
خلال العقد التالي ،‏ انشغل ألميدا بالعمل الرعائي والارسالي ضمن الكنيسة المصلَحة .‏