Question: the english ruler that attempted to restore catholicism was

title: English Reformation
text: Few monasteries , chantries , and guilds were reinstated . `` Parish religion was marked by religious and cultural sterility , '' though some have observed enthusiasm , marred only by poor harvests that produced poverty and want . Full restoration of the Roman Catholic faith in England to its pre-Reformation state would take time . Consequently , Protestants secretly ministering to underground congregations , such as Thomas Bentham , were planning for a long haul , a ministry of survival . Mary 's death in November 1558 , childless and without having made provision for a Roman Catholic to succeed her , would undo her consolidation . 

Answer: answer: Full restoration of the Roman Catholic faith in England to its pre-Reformation state would take time and Mary's death in November 1558 undid her consolidation.