Will Hazlewood

William Peter Guy Hazlewood (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.

Early life and education Hazlewood was born in 1971. His father's brother, John Hazlewood, was the Bishop of Ballarat in Australia. Hazlewood's brother is Charles Hazlewood, a conductor.

Hazlewood was educated at Wynstones School, a private Steiner school in Gloucestershire. He served his curacy at Holy Nativity Knowle and All Hallows Easton, churches in the Diocese of Bristol. A traditionalist Anglo-Catholic, he rejects the ordination of women to the priesthood and episcopate.

Episcopal ministry In April 2020, he was announced as the next Bishop of Lewes, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Chichester. 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.

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.

In May 2026, with the retirement of Martin Warner, Hazelwood became acting Bishop of Chichester, despite being the more junior of the suffragan bishops in the Diocese of Chichester.

Personal life In 1999, Hazlewood married Sophie. They have one son and one daughter.