Shortly after Queen Elizabeth I's accession, Roman Catholic ordinations ceased altogether in England, in consequence of the imprisonment of the church's surviving bishops, and unless the Seminary priests had begun to land in England to take the place of the older priests who were dying, the Roman Catholic priesthood would have become extinct in England.
Following Queen Elizabeth I's accession, Roman Catholic ordinations ceased entirely in England due to the imprisonment of the church's remaining bishops. Without seminary priests arriving to replace aging priests, the Roman Catholic priesthood would have vanished from England.