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The relationship between the English church and Rome was restored at the accession of Queen Mary I to the English throne in 1553.
England did not formally return to papal obedience when Mary took the throne in 1553. The realm was reconciled to Rome later, on November 30, 1554, after Cardinal Pole’s arrival and Parliament’s action.
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This sentence puts the restoration to Rome too early. Mary became queen in July 1553, and her first Parliament later repealed Edward VI’s religious legislation, but that did not yet reunite the English church with Rome.
Contemporary and standard historical accounts place the formal reconciliation with Rome in late 1554, after Cardinal Reginald Pole arrived as papal legate. A standard historical summary in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica states that Pole "absolved the nation in parliament and reunited it to the Church of Rome on November 30, 1554." A modern Royal Family history likewise distinguishes Mary’s accession from her later restoration of papal supremacy.
So the article’s claim is inaccurate in dating the restoration "at the accession" in 1553; the formal reunion with Rome occurred about 16 months later, on November 30, 1554.
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- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/England, The Church of - Wikisource
Cardinal Pole was received as legate ... he absolved the nation in parliament and reunited it to the Church of Rome on November 30, 1554, the clergy being absolved in convocation.
- Mary I (r.1553-1558) | The Royal Family
Mary restored papal supremacy in England, abandoned the title of Supreme Head of the Church ... Mary's decision to marry Philip ... in 1554 was very unpopular.