You are kind of missing the point of why the protestant churches sprang up, which basically stems from their belief (not altogether unjustified) that the Roman Church had strayed so far from the message and meaning of Christianity with the decadence, corruption and hypocrisy of its clergymen at all levels that it was felt that a clean break and a return to what they believed was the true message of Jesus and the Bible.... The Church of England and the Lutherans still have apostolic succession, as does the Orthodox and Coptic Churches.
The fact that the Bishop of Rome somehow became the most important clergyman is a mere reflection of the fact that Rome was at the time of the foundation of the Papacy the centre of the known world....