If that were true then Anglican converts wanting to be Catholic Priests wouldn't have to receive the Sacrament of Holy Orders.
“If that were true then Anglican converts wanting to be Catholic Priests wouldn’t have to receive the Sacrament of Holy Orders.”
They do have apostolic succession. That the RCC doesn’t recognize it’s validity (post-Reformation) for their own purposes is hardly a surprise.
They do accept the concept of the Apostolic succession. More than a hundred years ago, they tried to get Rome to accept the English hierarchy as a valid if schismatic branch of the Church. But the strong Protestant element in the Cof E had secured a practical break in the line of succession.