John Hazlewood should not be confused with John Hazelwood.
John Hazlewood SSC (19 May 1924 – 4 September 1998) was the seventh Anglican Bishop of Ballarat from 1975 to 1993.
Hazlewood was born in London and grew up in New Zealand.[1] He was educated at Nelson College from 1938 to 1942[2] and then served in the Royal Air Force during World War II.[1]
After the war he studied theology at King's College, Cambridge and trained for the priesthood at Cuddesdon College. He was ordained deacon in 1949 and priest in 1950.[3] He was a curate at St Michael and All Angels, Camberwell (1949-50),[4] followed by two curacies in Australia: Randwick (1950-51) and Dubbo (1951-53).[5] He then returned to London, and to St Michael and All Angels, Camberwell (1953-54), after which he was Vice-Principal of St Francis College, Brisbane and also a lecturer in ecclesiastical history at the University of Queensland. Later he was Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, Rockhampton (1960-68) and then the Dean of Perth before his ordination to the episcopate on 29 September 1975 at St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, to serve as Bishop of Ballarat.[6] He retired from that position in 1993.[1]
As Dean of Perth, Hazlewood organised the Rock Mass for Love with rock group Bakery, which was recorded live at St George's Cathedral, Perth, on 21 March 1971.[7]
His nephew, Will Hazlewood, is Bishop of Lewes.