Henry the eighth. he wanted to divorce his wife, but pope clement the seventh wouldn't allow it. hence he started his own church and became the supreme leader.
King James
It could have been anyone of them since England took the name from the Church, about 750AD
It was a Europe wide phenomena and was a result of the politics of the day.
James II was about the firs English King to allow freedom of Worship, but such was the reputation of the Roman Church, no one believed him and he ws driven out from his throne!
Anglicanism or the Church of England. As the ruler (king) of Britain, he had to officially belong to the Anglican Church. One of the British ruler's titles is the Defender of the Faith (Defensor Fidei in Latin).
henry viii
Because that is the way Henry VIII set it up. The King or Queen is the head of the Church of England and the Archbishop of Canterbury serves at the pleasure of the current ruler of England.
When King Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church he designed it so that the king would be the leader of the Church of England. So he was the ruler of the church.Roman Catholic AnswerThe sole ruler, on earth, of the Church in England has always been the Pope, the Vicar of Christ. When Henry VIII broke from the Church, he created his own "church" making himself head of the Church of England. Big difference. The Church inEngland, is just the English branch of the worldwide Catholic Church. The Church of England is a protestant church founded by Henry VIII and parliament.
The ruler of Liverpool is the same ruler as for the rest of England, Queen Elizabeth II.
The Anglican Church was formed under the reign of King Henry VIII of England in the 16th century. His desire for an annulment from Catherine of Aragon, which the Pope refused to grant, led him to break away from the Roman Catholic Church. This resulted in the establishment of the Church of England, with the monarch as its Supreme Head.
The most recent (and current, but hopefully not the last) ruler of the UK (there is no ruler of England) is Elizabeth II
the ruler of England
James I of the House of Stuart was the ruler of England from 1603 to 1625.
she is the best ruler because she loves Canadian bacon.
Henry the VIII did NOT separate the Church of England from the Catholic Church, he separated the Catholic Church IN Englandfrom the rest of the Catholic Church and formed the Church OF England. Big difference, before Henry VIII there was no Church OF England, only the Catholic Church IN England. In 1534 he had Parliment issue the Act of Supremacy.from the Website :Sovereign and Pope in English Bidding Prayersbefore and after 1534J. Frank HendersonIn 1534 King Henry VIII decreed that he was not only sovereign -- the ruler -- of the country but also supreme head of the church in England. In other words, he now took the place of the pope, who had no further role to play in England. Henry's claim to supremacy was made both legally and politically, but also liturgically.
King George III was ruler of the United Kingdom (which includes England).