Profile: Chiara Porro, Australia's new Ambassador to the Holy See

Dec 28th, 2020

Chiara Porro

Australia has a new Ambassador to the Holy See. Aged 36, Chiara Porro is the youngest ambassador to have met Pope Francis.

Ms Porro holds a Master of International Relations and Diplomacy from the University of Leiden, the Netherlands and a Bachelor of Arts in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of York. She speaks Italian and French. She is married with two children.

She joined Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in 2009. She has held a range of positions in Canberra. Overseas, Ms Porro has served as Deputy Consul-General in Noumea, New Caledonia, on a short term mission to West Africa , and as Second Secretary in New Delhi, India.

Chiara Porro is a former parishioner of St Bernadette's Parish, Castle Hill, Sydney. In From Castle Hill to the Holy See, by Christina Gretton, published by Catholic Outlook, News from the Diocese of Parramatta in New South Wales, she shares how her faith is shaping her life today.

See: https://catholicoutlook.org/from-castle-hill-to-the-holy-see/

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