Clara Plamondon

Plamondon was born in northern Alberta near a small Francophone community also called Plamondon.^[1] She grew up in rural communities in Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan.^[2]

Plamondon began her career in municipal government and later discerned a call to ordained ministry.^[1] She received a bachelor's degree in religious education and an M.Div. from Vancouver School of Theology and was ordained as a deacon and priest in the Diocese of British Columbia in 2013.^[2]

Prior to her election as bishop, she was incumbent at St. Paul's Church, Nanaimo, and archdeacon for the Cowichan Mid-Vancouver Island area of the Diocese of British Columbia.^[2] She was also a member of the diocesan council, the executive committee of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon and the Council of General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada.^[3]

In September 2023, Plamondon was elected the second bishop of the Territory of the People. Her election followed a lengthy vacancy after the previous bishop, Lincoln Mckoen, stepped down amid charges of sexual misconduct.^[2] She was consecrated and enthroned by Archbishop Lynne McNaughton at St. Paul's Cathedral in Kamloops on January 25, 2024.^[4]

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