Colin Frederick Bazley (born 27 June 1935) is a retired bishop in the

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. He was a bishop in Chile from 1969 until his retirement in 2000.

Early life, education and family

The son of Reginald Samuel Bazley and Isabella Davies, Bazley attended

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before matriculating at St Peter's Hall, Oxford (whence he gained a

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in 1957 and an Oxford Master of Arts in 1961) then training for ministry at Tyndale Hall, Bristol (a predecessor of

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). He was ordained at

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by Clifford Martin,

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—

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1959 and

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at Michaelmas 1960 —, serving his Title (

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) at

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. In 1960, he married Barbara Helen Griffiths; they have three daughters, two of whom married Chileans; and eight grandchildren. One of Bazley's sons-in-law is

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, Bishop of Concepción (

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Missionary and bishop

In 1962, Bazley left for central

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as a

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with the

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(SAMS), in which general region he stayed until 2000. As a missionary priest, he also served as

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of Chol-Chol until 1966 and then as Archdeacon of

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or of Cautin and Malleco until his appointment to the

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. He was consecrated on Whitsun (

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, 25 May) 1969 as

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for Cautin and Malleco, (but also called Assistant Bishop in Southern Chile) which See he served until 1975, when he was

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to become Assistant Bishop for

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. He remained in that post until 1977, when he became diocesan bishop for the

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(in which he'd served since its 1963 foundation; until then Chile was in the

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) — the Bishop of Chile, Bolivia and Peru. In October 1977 and October 1981 the diocese was twice split, and twice Bazley remained as bishop in Chile: first as Bishop of Chile and Bolivia (1977–1981) then Bishop of Chile (1981–2000). While bishop diocesan in Chile, he also served as the Presiding Bishop of the ''Consejo Anglicano de Sud América'' (Executive Council for South America; CASA), 1977–1983 and as the Primate of the Province of the Southern Cone of America (the successor to CASA), 1989–1995; and as a member of the Inter-Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Commission, 1994–1997. In 1999, Bazley was one of the Primates to sign a letter of warning to

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Retirement

Following his retirement back to his native Wirral in 2000, he has been licensed as an

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in the

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and served as Warden of

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, 2000–2005, and as Rural Dean of

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, 2009–2011. During his retirement he has been identified by the secessionist

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as one of five Church of England bishops ready to support them in 2011. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of his presbyteral ordination in 2019, he was still an honorary assistant bishop in Chester.

References

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