Archbishop Anne Germond became acting Primate on September 15, 2024, on the retirement Primate Linda Nicholls. As Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario, she steps into the acting Primate role because she is the senior Provincial Metropolitan by virtue of having the longest current term of office. She will serve until a new primate is elected by General Synod in 2025.
Archbishop Germond is also bishop of the dioceses of Algoma and Moosonee. She was consecrated the 11th Bishop of Algoma on February 11, 2017, thus becoming the first woman to serve in this capacity. In the fall of 2018, Archbishop Anne was elected the 19th Metropolitan for the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario. In this role she also serves as the Archbishop for the Diocese of Moosonee.
She grew up in South Africa and graduated from the Johannesburg College of Education. She taught primary school and was seconded to the Johannesburg College of Education, where she taught religious studies and English methodology. With her husband, Colin, she moved to Canada in 1986.
During her early years in Canda, she completed an honours degree in religious studies through the University of South Africa and later a Bachelor of Theology at Thorneloe University in Sudbury. At this time, she became involved in a variety of lay ministries at the Church of the Epiphany in Sudbury. Answering a call to ordered ministry, she was ordained as a deacon in February 2001 and as a presbyter in May 2002.
Archbishop Germond has served as the Chancellor for Thorneloe University and as a board member and Vice Chair of the Anglican Foundation of Canada. In 2019, she was made an Honorary Senior Fellow of Renison University College, and in 2024 she received a Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa) at Trinity College – University of Toronto.
In her free time, she enjoys hiking, gardening, reading, entertaining, travelling and walking her golden retriever, Rosie. She and Colin have two adult children, Caitlin and Richard.