Henry VIII (1491 �1547) was the King of England whose marriage annulment led to the establishment of an independent Church of England. 

Why Henry?

�Say what you will about old Henry, but his actions made the way for the Reformation to take hold in England. The Lord does indeed work in mysterious ways.� � Joe, Director of Christian Formation, Ohio

�As much as he was a rotten person, his ecclesiastical shenanigans did give us the Church we have today and for that I am very grateful.��Pam, Tennessee

�Ahh, here is our Anglican conundrum. How do we look at this man?  Despotic, erratic, possibly mentally unstable, rife with contradictions � and yet his political dynastic quest created something far beyond his limited dreams.��Briony, California

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Other influential Episcopal and Anglican reformers and leaders include George Washington, Charles Darwin, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and J.P. Morgan.