Anne Germond

Germond was born in South Africa. She was educated at St. Theresa's School, Johannesburg, a convent Catholic school. She converted from Roman Catholicism to Anglicanism during high school. She and her husband, Colin Germond, migrated to Canada in 1986.^[1] Germond is a graduate of Thorneloe University's School of Theology. She was ordained as a deacon in 2001 and as a priest in 2002.^[2]

Germond was the rector of the Anglican Church of the Ascension in Sudbury, Ontario, until 2016. She also held the position of archdeacon within the Deanery of Sudbury-Manitoulin.^[2] She has been the chancellor of Thorneloe University, an affiliated college of Laurentian University in Sudbury, since 2015.^[3][4]

She was elected as the 11th Bishop of Algoma on 14 October 2016, and consecrated and installed on 11 February 2017.^[1][5][6][7] Germond is the first woman to serve as the Bishop of Algoma Diocese.^[2]

On 10 October 2018, she was elected as the next metropolitan of the Province of Ontario.^[8] As metropolitan, she was also promoted to archbishop of the dioceses of Algoma and Moosonee (the metropolitan was ex officio diocesan bishop of Moosonee until 2025^[9]).

Germond is the third woman to hold the position of archbishop in the Anglican Communion and the first woman to hold the role of metropolitan of Ontario.^[10] As metropolitan, Germond oversees the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario's synod and house of bishops.^[11]

On 15 September 2024, Germond became acting primate of the Anglican Church of Canada following the retirement of Linda Nicholls.^[12] She served in the acting role until June 2025, when the church's General Synod elected Shane Parker as primate.^[13]