Will Hazlewood

William Peter Guy Hazlewood SSC (born 1971) is a British Anglican bishop who has been the Bishop of Lewes since 2020. From 2011, he was Vicar of Dartmouth and Dittisham in the Diocese of Exeter.

The Right Reverend

William Hazelwood

SSC
Bishop of Lewes
ChurchChurch of England
ProvinceCanterbury
DioceseChichester
PredecessorRichard Jackson
Other postsVicar of Dartmouth and Dittisham
Orders
Ordination2002 (priest)
Consecration15 July 2020
by Norman Banks
Personal details
Born1971 (age 49–50)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican

Early life and education

Hazlewood was born in 1971.[1] His father was the Reverend Canon Ian Hazlewood who was also a traditionalist Catholic priest of the Church of England.[2] His father's brother, John Hazlewood, was the Bishop of Ballarat in Australia.

Hazlewood studied at De Montfort University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1997. He went on to train for holy orders at St Stephen's House, Oxford, completing a Bachelor of Theology (BTh) degree in 2001.[1]

Ordained ministry

Hazlewood was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 2001 and as a priest in 2002.[1] He served his curacy at Holy Nativity Knowle and All Hallows Easton, churches in the Diocese of Bristol.[1]

He is a Guardian of the Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham.[3] A traditionalist Anglo-Catholic, he rejects the ordination of women to the priesthood and episcopate.[4]

Episcopal ministry

In April 2020, he was announced as the next Bishop of Lewes, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Chichester. He is the first traditionalist Anglo-Catholic priest to be made a Church of England bishop since 2015.[5][6][7] He was consecrated a bishop on 15 July 2020 at Lambeth Palace Chapel by Norman Banks, Bishop of Richborough, on behalf of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Jonathan Goodall, Bishop of Ebbsfleet, and Jonathan Baker, Bishop of Fulham, served as co-consecrators.[8]

References
  1. "William Peter Guy Hazlewood". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. "Prestbury Parish Magazine - Fr Ian Hazlewood". The Parish of Prestbury. September 2003. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  3. "Downing Street Names Devon Vicar As New Bishop of Lewes". Diocese of Exeter. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  4. "Appointment of Suffragan Bishops for the Diocese of Chichester". The Society under the patronage of Saint Wilfrid and Saint Hilda. Forward in Faith. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  5. "Suffragan See of Lewes: 29 April 2020". GOV.UK. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  6. "Downing Street announces new Bishops for Horsham and Lewes". Diocese of Chichester. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  7. "Will Hazlewood - Dartmouth's New Vicar". By The Dart. September 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  8. "Statement regarding the Consecration of The Revd Prebendary Will Hazlewood". Forward in Faith. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
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