John Basil Rowland Grindrod, KBE (14 December 1919 – 4 January 2009) was an Anglican bishop and the Primate of Australia from 1982-89. He was born in Aughton, Lancashire, England. Grindrod was born on 14 December 1919. He was educated at Repton; Queen's College, Oxford (MA Oxon); and Lincoln Theological College. He was ardained a deacon in 1951 and a priest in 1952. He served as a curate at St Michael’s Hulme, Manchester and then in Bundaberg, Queensland.

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  • John Basil Rowland Grindrod, KBE (14 December 1919 – 4 January 2009) was an Anglican bishop and the Primate of Australia from 1982-89. He was born in Aughton, Lancashire, England. Grindrod was born on 14 December 1919. He was educated at Repton; Queen's College, Oxford (MA Oxon); and Lincoln Theological College. He was ardained a deacon in 1951 and a priest in 1952. He served as a curate at St Michael’s Hulme, Manchester and then in Bundaberg, Queensland. He held incumbencies at All Souls' Ancoats, Manchester; Emerald, Queensland and North Rockhampton, Queensland whilst Archdeacon of Rockhampton. ; and Christ Church, South Yarra, Victoria He was the Bishop of Riverina from 1966 until 1971 and then Bishop of Rockhampton until 1980. He was then the Archbishop of Brisbane until 1989, additionally serving as Primate of Australia from 1982. He took Australian citizenship in 1982. He was awarded a knighthood in the 1983 New Year's Day Honours for service to religion. Most of his retirement years were spent in Murwillumbah in northern New South Wales then, from 2006, in Helensvale on the Gold Coast. He died, aged 89, on 4 January 2009 after a long illness.
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  • John Basil Rowland Grindrod, KBE (14 December 1919 – 4 January 2009) was an Anglican bishop and the Primate of Australia from 1982-89. He was born in Aughton, Lancashire, England. Grindrod was born on 14 December 1919. He was educated at Repton; Queen's College, Oxford (MA Oxon); and Lincoln Theological College. He was ardained a deacon in 1951 and a priest in 1952. He served as a curate at St Michael’s Hulme, Manchester and then in Bundaberg, Queensland.
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  • John Grindrod
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