Jamaica Consular Corps Association of Philadelphia

Christopher Chaplin is Jamaica’s Honorary Consul in Philadelphia. His appointment by the Government of Jamaica through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade became effective on April 2, 2019. He was elected President of the Consular Corps Association of Philadelphia, the oldest consular association in the United States and which serves members from 72 countries. His term of office began on January 1, 2023.

He is a Commissioner on the Mayor’s Commission on African and Caribbean Immigrant Affairs for the City of Philadelphia and served on the Transition Team of Mayor Jim Kenney on the Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Committee.