Anne Germond (born 1960) is a Canadian

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bishop and the acting Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada. Since 10 October 2018, she has been

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of the

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, as well as Archbishop of Algoma and Archbishop of Moosonee, in the

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. She had been Bishop of Algoma from February 2017 until becoming its

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upon election as 19th Metropolitan of Ontario.

Early life and education

Germond was born in

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. She was educated at St. Theresa's School,

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, a convent

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. She converted from Roman Catholicism to Anglicanism during high school. She and her husband, Colin Germond, migrated to Canada in 1986. 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.

Ordained ministry

Germond was the rector of the Anglican Church of the Ascension in

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, until 2016. She also held the position of archdeacon within the Deanery of Sudbury-Manitoulin. She has been the

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of Thorneloe University, an affiliated college of

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in Sudbury, since 2015. She was elected as the 11th Bishop of Algoma on 14 October 2016, and

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and installed on 11 February 2017. Germond is the first woman to serve as the Bishop of Algoma Diocese. On 10 October 2018, she was elected as the next

of the

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. 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). Germond is the third woman to hold the position of archbishop in the

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and the first woman to hold the role of metropolitan of Ontario. As metropolitan, Germond oversees the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario's synod and house of bishops. On 15 September 2024, Germond became acting primate of the Anglican Church of Canada following the retirement of Linda Nicholls.

References

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