John Roundhill

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John Roundhill
Assistant bishop, Anglican Diocese of Brisbane (Southern Region)
Church Anglican Church of Australia
Diocese Brisbane
Installed2018
Other post(s) Dean of Bendigo (2012–2018)
Orders
Ordination1993 (as deacon)
1994 (as priest) [1]
Consecration2018
by  Phillip Aspinall
Personal details
Born
Nationality Australia, England
Denomination Anglican
SpouseFrances [1]
Children2 [1]
Alma mater University of Cambridge, University of Oxford

John Roundhill is an Australian bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia. [2] He has served as an assistant bishop of the Diocese of Brisbane (Southern Region) since 2018. [3]

Roundhill was a physics teacher in Belize before his ordination as a priest in 1994. Since then he has worked in Lancaster, Scotland, Hong Kong and Australia. [4] Prior to being appointed as bishop, he served as rector of Aspley-Albany Creek, as an area dean, Archdeacon of Lilley and, from 2012 to 2018 as Dean of Bendigo.

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  2. "Anglican Church Square". Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
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  4. Bendigo Advertiser