William Peter Guy Hazlewood was born on 1971 and is a British Anglican bishop who has been the Bishop of Lewes since 2020.
10 Facts About Will Hazlewood
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Will Hazlewood's father was the Reverend Canon Ian Hazlewood who was a traditionalist Catholic priest of the Church of England.
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Will Hazlewood studied at De Montfort University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1997.
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Will Hazlewood went on to train for holy orders at St Stephen's House, Oxford, completing a Bachelor of Theology degree in 2001.
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Will Hazlewood was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 2001 and as a priest in 2002.
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Will Hazlewood served his curacy at Holy Nativity Knowle and All Hallows Easton, churches in the Diocese of Bristol.
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Will Hazlewood is a guardian of the Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham.
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Will Hazlewood is the first traditionalist Anglo-Catholic priest to be made a Church of England bishop since 2015.
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Will Hazlewood 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.
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Will Hazlewood is a member of the Council of Bishops of The Society, an association of traditionalist Anglo-Catholics in the Church of England who reject the ordination of women as priests and bishops.