<P> The English Church was brought back under full papal authority in 1553 , at the beginning of the reign of Queen Mary I , and Catholicism was enforced by the Marian persecutions ; however , when Queen Elizabeth I came to the throne in 1558 , the Church of England 's independence from Rome was reasserted through the settlement of 1559 , which shifted the Church of England 's teaching and practice , and in the Act of Uniformity , which caused a rift between Catholics and Queen . In 1570 Pope Pius V responded , in his bull Regnans in Excelsis , calling on all Catholics to rebel against Elizabeth and excommunicating anyone who obeyed her . The Parliament of England made the fact of being a Jesuit or seminarian treasonable in 1571 . Priests found celebrating Mass were often hanged , drawn and quartered , rather than being burned at the stake . The Catholic Church ( along with other non-established churches ) continued in England , although it was at times subject to various forms of persecution . Most recusant members ( except those in diaspora on the Continent , in heavily Catholic areas in the north , or part of the aristocracy ) practised their faith in private for all practical purposes . In 1766 , the Pope recognised the English Monarchy as lawful , and this led eventually to the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 . Dioceses ( replacing districts ) were re-established by Pope Pius IX in 1850 . Along with the 22 Latin Rite dioceses , there are the Eastern Catholic diocese of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Holy Family of London and the Syro - Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Great Britain . </P>
<P> The English Church was brought back under full papal authority in 1553 , at the beginning of the reign of Queen Mary I , and Catholicism was enforced by the Marian persecutions ; however , when Queen Elizabeth I came to the throne in 1558 , the Church of England 's independence from Rome was reasserted through the settlement of 1559 , which shifted the Church of England 's teaching and practice , and in the Act of Uniformity , which caused a rift between Catholics and Queen . In 1570 Pope Pius V responded , in his bull Regnans in Excelsis , calling on all Catholics to rebel against Elizabeth and excommunicating anyone who obeyed her . The Parliament of England made the fact of being a Jesuit or seminarian treasonable in 1571 . Priests found celebrating Mass were often hanged , drawn and quartered , rather than being burned at the stake . The Catholic Church ( along with other non-established churches ) continued in England , although it was at times subject to various forms of persecution . Most recusant members ( except those in diaspora on the Continent , in heavily Catholic areas in the north , or part of the aristocracy ) practised their faith in private for all practical purposes . In 1766 , the Pope recognised the English Monarchy as lawful , and this led eventually to the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 . Dioceses ( replacing districts ) were re-established by Pope Pius IX in 1850 . Along with the 22 Latin Rite dioceses , there are the Eastern Catholic diocese of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Holy Family of London and the Syro - Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Great Britain . </P>
when were catholic churches allowed back in england
when were catholic churches allowed back in england
Dioceses ( replacing districts ) were re-established by Pope Pius IX in 1850
Dioceses ( replacing districts ) were re-established by Pope Pius IX in 1850