Hazlewood was born in London and grew up in New Zealand. He was educated at
Nelson College from 1938 to 1942 and then served in the
Royal Air Force during
World War II. He was a
curate at St Michael and All Angels,
Camberwell (1949–50), followed by two curacies in Australia:
Randwick (1950–51) and
Dubbo (1951–53). He then returned to London and to St Michael and All Angels in 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. During his time as bishop, Hazlewood openly opposed the ordination of women, stating at the Ballarat Synod in 1986, "Just as I cannot give birth to a child so this Church cannot grant holy orders to the female sex". He retired from that position in 1993. His nephew,
Will Hazlewood, is
Bishop of Lewes. ==References==