This morning, in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father Leo XIV received in audience His Excellency Mr. James Sydney Sinclair Manley, Ambassador of Chile to the Holy See, on the occasion of the presentation of his credential letters.

The following is a brief biography of the new Ambassador:

His Excellency Mr. James Sydney Sinclair Manley
Ambassador of Chile to the Holy See

His Excellency Mr. James Sydney Sinclair Manley was born on 30 November 1952 in Iquique, and is married with three children.

He studied business administration at the University of Santiago, Chile (1972–1974) and business administration at the University of Maryland, South Korea Branch (1975–1977). He also attended a course in international relations at the University of Belgrano in Buenos Aires (1982), as well as a course in policy planning at Johns Hopkins University (1993).

He has held the following offices: Third Secretary, Consulate in Tana, Peru (1979); Third Secretary at the Directorate for Bilateral Policy (Argentina Office) (1980); Second Secretary, Embassy in Argentina (1981–1986); Cabinet Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs (1987–1988); First Secretary, Embassy in the United States of America (1989–1994); Counsellor, Head of the Department for Presidential Visits and Travel within the Directorate of Ceremony and Protocol (1994–1998); Deputy Director of Ceremony and Protocol (1998–1999); Ambassador to Indonesia and East Timor (2000–2006); Diplomatic Coordinator of the Seventh Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government, Chile (2007); Director of Consular Services (2008–2009); Director-General of Ceremonial and Protocol (2010–2014); Ambassador to Singapore (2014–2019).