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{{Short description|English churchman}}
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{{Use British English|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| honorific-prefix = [[The Right Reverend]]
| name = John Hacket
| honorific-suffix = 
| image = Bp John Hacket.jpg
| caption = 
| title = [[Bishop of Lichfield|Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry]]
| diocese = [[Diocese of Lichfield|Lichfield and Coventry]]
| term = 1661–1670
| predecessor = [[Accepted Frewen]]
| successor = [[Thomas Wood (bishop of Lichfield and Coventry)|Thomas Wood]]
| other_post = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|1592|9|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = 
| death_date = {{death date and age|1670|10|28|1592|9|1|df=y}}
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| buried = 
| nationality = [[British people|British]]
| religion = [[Anglicanism|Anglican]]
| residence = 
| parents = 
| spouse = (1) Elizabeth Stebbing<br />(2) Frances Bennet
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| profession = 
| education = [[Westminster School]]
| alma_mater = [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]
| consecration = 22 December 1661
| consecrated_by = [[Gilbert Sheldon]]
}}
{{other people||John Hackett (disambiguation)}}
'''John Hacket''' (Born Halket) (1 September 1592 – 28 October 1670) was an [[England|English]] churchman, [[Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry]] from 1661 until his death.

==Life==
[[File:Memorial to John Hacket in Lichfield Cathedral.JPG|thumb|Memorial to John Hacket in [[Lichfield Cathedral]]]]
He was born in [[London]] and educated at [[Westminster School|Westminster]] and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{acad|id=HKT609J|name=Hackett, John}}</ref> On taking his degree he was elected a fellow of his college, and soon afterwards wrote the [[comedy]], ''Loiola'' (London, 1648), which was twice performed before King [[James I of England|James I]]. He was ordained in 1618, and through the influence of [[John Williams (archbishop of York)|John Williams]] became rector in 1621 of Stoke Hammond, [[Buckinghamshire]], and Kirkby Underwood, [[Lincolnshire]].

In 1623 he was chaplain to James, and in 1624 Williams gave him the livings of [[St Andrew Holborn (church)|St Andrew's, Holborn]] in London, and [[Cheam|Cheam, Surrey]]. He was [[Archdeacon of Bedford]] from 1631 to 1661.

When the so-called [[Root and Branch Bill]] was before [[Parliament of England|Parliament]] in 1641, Hacket was selected to plead in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] for the continuance of cathedral establishments. In 1645 his living of St Andrew's was sequestered, but he was allowed to retain the other, ceding it for practical reasons in 1662.

On the accession of [[Charles II of England|Charles II]], his fortunes improved; he frequently preached before the king, and was elected [[Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry]] after the bishopric was rejected by the Presbyterian leader [[Edmund Calamy the elder]]. Hacket was [[canonical election|elected]] to the See on 6 December, [[confirmation of bishops|confirmed]] on 20 December, and consecrated a bishop on 22 December 1661.<ref>{{Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae|period=1541–1857|volume=10|pages=1–5}}</ref> His time at the Cathedral coming immediately after the [[English Civil War]] meant that Hacket had the unenviable task of overseeing the restoration of [[Lichfield Cathedral]].

He has a near life-size effigy at rest over marble plaques in Lichfield Cathedral.

==Works==

His best-known book is the biography of his patron, Archbishop Williams, entitled ''Scrinia reserata: a Memorial offered to the great Deservings of John Williams, D.D.'' (London, 1693).

==References==
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*{{EB1911|wstitle=Hacket, John|volume=12|page=793}}
*{{EB1911|wstitle=Lichfield|first=|last=|volume=16|pages=586}}

==External links==
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