Sarah Plowman

Sarah Plowman is an Australian Anglican bishop. Since 2024 she has been assistant bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane, where she has responsibility for parishes in the northern region.

Early life and education Sarah Plowman was born and raised on the Sunshine Coast in South‑East Queensland. She attended St Margaret's Anglican Girls' School, graduating in 1990. Plowman studied at St Francis Theological College in Milton.

Plowman pursued tertiary studies in science and education and graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Physics) from QUT and a Graduate Diploma of Education from the same institution, and a Bachelor of Theology from Charles Sturt University.

Plowman's early academic work included a deep appreciation for the natural world, which she later linked to a vocational call into ministry. After her ordination she worked as a physics and mathematics teacher, a role she held before answering a “vocational call into youth ministry”. The event was marked by Rev Kaye Pitman’s sermon and the ringing of cathedral bells.