Clara Plamondon

[2] Plamondon began her career in municipal government and later discerned a call to ordained ministry.

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.

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.