Colin Bazley

{{Short description|British Church of England bishop}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox Christian leader | name = Colin Bazley | title = Bishop of Chile (&c.) | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | diocese = Diocese of Chile | term = 1977–2000 | predecessor = David Pytches | successor = Tito Zavala | other_post = bishop in Chile ''(see prose)''<br />Presiding Bishop, CASA (1977–1983)<br />Primate of the Province of the Southern Cone of America (1989–1995)<br />Honorary assistant bishop, Diocese of Chester (2000–present)  | ordination = 1959 (deacon); 1960 (priest) | ordained_by = Clifford Martin | consecration = 25 May 1969 | consecrated_by =  | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|6|27|df=y}} | birth_place =  | death_date =  | death_place =  | buried = | nationality = British | religion = Anglican | residence = | parents = Reginald & Isabella | spouse = Barbara | children = three daughters | occupation = | profession = | education = | alma_mater = St Peter's Hall, Oxford }} '''Colin Frederick Bazley''' (born 27 June 1935)<ref name="WW">{{Who's Who | title=Bazley, Colin Frederick | id = U6890 | volume = 2016 | edition = November 2015 online | access-date = 22 August 2016 }}</ref> is a retired bishop in the Church of England. 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 Birkenhead School before matriculating at St Peter's Hall, Oxford (whence he gained a Bachelor of Arts {BA} in 1957 and an Oxford Master of Arts {MA Oxon} in 1961)<ref name="crockford">{{Crockford | forenames = Colin Frederick | surname = Bazley | id = 39599 | accessed = 25 August 2016 }}</ref> then training for ministry at Tyndale Hall, Bristol (a predecessor of Trinity College, Bristol).<ref name="WW" /> He was ordained at Liverpool Cathedral by Clifford Martin, Bishop of Liverpool — deacon at Michaelmas 1959<ref>{{Church Times | title = Michaelmas Ordinations | archive = 1959_09_25_019 | issue = 5041 | date = 25 September 1959 | page = 19 | accessed = 22 August 2016 }}</ref> and priest at Michaelmas 1960<ref>{{Church Times | title = Michaelmas Ordinations | archive = 1960_09_30_015 | issue = 5094 | date = 30 September 1960 | page = 15 | accessed = 22 August 2016 }}</ref> —, serving his Title (curacy) at St Leonard's, Bootle. In 1960, he married Barbara Helen Griffiths; they have three daughters, two of whom married Chileans; and eight grandchildren.<ref>[http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/nostalgia/former-bishop-chile-colin-bazley-3429285 Liverpool Echo, 24 March 2010 — Former Bishop of Chile, Colin Bazley from Wirral, tells of earthquake ordeal while celebrating his golden wedding anniversary] (Accessed 22 August 2016)</ref> One of Bazley's sons-in-law is Enrique Lago, Bishop of Concepción (Anglican Church of Chile).<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1135841763762028544|user=ChesterDiocese|title=Rt Revd Colin Bazley celebrated the 50th anniversary of his consecration as Bishop of Chile, at a service at St And… |date=4 June 2019}}</ref>

==Missionary and bishop== In 1962, Bazley left for central Chile as a missionary with the South American Mission Society (SAMS). He stayed in that general region until 2000.

As a missionary priest, he also served as Rural Dean of Chol-Chol until 1966 and then as Archdeacon of Temuco<ref name="WW" /> or of Cautin and Malleco<ref name="crockford" /> until his appointment to the episcopate. He was consecrated on Whitsun (Pentecost, 25 May) 1969 as Assistant Bishop for Cautin and Malleco,<ref>{{Church Times | title = New Bishop for South America | archive = 1969_04_25_003 | issue = 5541 | date = 25 April 1969 | page = 3 | accessed = 22 August 2016 }}</ref> (but also called Assistant Bishop in Southern Chile)<ref>{{Church Times | title = Archbishop 'spoke out' in Chile | archive = 1974_10_11_001 | issue = 5826 | date = 11 October 1974 | page = 1 | accessed = 22 August 2016 }}</ref> which See he served until 1975, when he was translated to become Assistant Bishop for Santiago. He remained in that post until 1977, when he became diocesan bishop for the Diocese of Chile, Bolivia and Peru (in which he'd served since its 1963 foundation;<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=bI9_AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1799 Melton, J. Gordon. ''Faiths across Time — 5,000 Years of Religious History'' Volume 1: 350 BCE–499 CE p. 1799 (Google Books)] (Accessed 22 August 2016)</ref> until then Chile was in the Diocese of the Falkland Islands) — 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).<ref name="WW" /> 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),<ref>{{Church Times | title = Bishop of Chile Bolivia & Peru | archive = 1977_06_24_020 | issue = 5967 | date = 24 June 1977 | page = 20 | accessed = 22 August 2016 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="WW" /> In 1999, Bazley was one of the Primates to sign a letter of warning to Frank Griswold, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church.<ref>{{Church Times | title = Primates threaten Griswold | archive = 1999_03_05_001 | issue = 7099 | date = 5 March 1999 | page = 1 | accessed = 22 August 2016 }}</ref>

==Retirement== Following his retirement back to his native Wirral in 2000, he has been licensed as an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Chester and served as Warden of Readers, 2000–2005, and as Rural Dean of Wallasey, 2009–2011.<ref name="WW" /> During his retirement he has been identified by the secessionist Anglican Mission in England as one of five Church of England bishops ready to support them in 2011.<ref>{{Church Times | title = Group names five bishops ready to defy diocesans | archive = 2011_07_01_003 | issue = 7737 | date = 1 July 2011 | page = 3 | accessed = 22 August 2016 }}</ref>

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of his presbyteral ordination in 2019, he was still an honorary assistant bishop in Chester.<ref>{{Church Times | title = picture caption | archive = 2019_06_14_010 | issue = 8152 | date = 14 June 2019 | page = 10 | accessed = 29 July 2021 }}</ref>

==References== <references /> {{s-start}} {{S-rel|ac}} {{S-bef|rows=2|before=David Pytches}} {{S-ttl|rows=2|title=Bishop of Chile, Bolivia and Peru|years=1977–''1977''}} {{S-aft|after=himself|as=Bishop of Chile and Bolivia}} {{S-aft|after=Bill Flagg|as=Bishop of Peru}} {{S-bef|rows=2|before=himself|as=Bishop of Chile, Bolivia and Peru}} {{S-ttl|rows=2|title=Bishop of Chile and Bolivia|years=''1977–1981''}} {{S-aft|after=himself|as=Bishop of Chile}} {{S-aft|after=David Evans|as=Bishop of Peru and Bolivia}} {{S-bef|before=himself|as=Bishop of Chile and Bolivia}} {{S-ttl|title=Bishop of Chile|years=''1981''–2000}} {{S-aft|after=Tito Zavala}} {{S-end}} {{authority control}}

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