[elpadre]

“all the bishops who cowtowed to Henry VIII? The only bishop who stood up to that scoundrel was St. John Fisher.”

what about William White, Chaplain of the Continental Congress and 1st Presiding Bishop, and all those early Bishops. One of the first things they did was to scratch out the King’s name from all the prayer books and substitute the American leaders. Samuel Seabury, the first American Bishop consecrated at a midnight mass by the bishops in Scotland, much to the dismay of the Church of England and their Primate - George VIII

[AnAmericanMother]

George VIII?

I

II

III

IV (and a disgrace he was, too)

V

VI

I'm missing two, somehow . . . < g >

Also, George III was never the Primate - that is the Archbishop of Canterbury. During his time, there were eight (he reigned for 60 years).