Germond was born in South Africa, and 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'sSchool of Theology. She was ordained as a deacon in 2001 and as a priest in 2002.[2]
Ordained ministry
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]
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 is ex officiodiocesan bishop of Moosonee).
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.[9] As metropolitan, Germond oversees the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario's synod and house of bishops.[10]