om the time of Augustine until the 16th century, the archbishops of Canterbury were in full fellowship with

the See of Rome and generally entered the pallium from the pope. During the English Reformation, the
Church of England broke down from the authority of the pope. Thomas Cranmer came the first holder of the
office following the English Reformation in 1533, while Reginald Pole was the last Roman Catholic in the
position, serving from 1556 to 1558 during theCounter-Reformation. In the Middle periods there was
considerable variation in the styles of nomination of the archbishop of Canterbury and other bishops. At
colorful times the choice was made by the monks of the edifice hermitage( before the Dissolution of the
cloisters under Henry VIII) the pope, or the king of England. Since the English Reformation, the Church of
England has been more explicitly a state church and the choice is fairly that of the Crown; moment it's made
by the reigning monarch on the advice of the high minister, who in turn receives a shortlist of two names
from an ad hoc commission called the Crown Nominations Commission.

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