Background
Grindrod was born in Aughton, Lancashire, England.
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John Grindrod
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He was educated at Repton School. Queen"s College, Oxford (Master of Arts Oxfordshire). And Lincoln Theological College.
Career
He was the Primate of Australia from 1982 to 1989. He was ordained a deacon in 1951 and a priest in 1952. He served as a curate at Street Michael’s Hulme, Manchester and then in Bundaberg, Queensland.
He held incumbencies at All Souls" Ancoats, Manchester.
And, moving to Australia, in Emerald, Queensland and North Rockhampton, Queensland while Archdeacon of Rockhampton. And Christ Church, South Yarra, Victoria
Grindrod was the Bishop of Riverina from 1966 to 1971 and then Bishop of Rockhampton from 1971 to 1980.
He took Australian citizenship in 1982 and was awarded a knighthood (Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1983 New Year"s Day Honours for services to religion. Most of Grindrod"s 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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Religion
Anglican