The real question, which has never needed to be answered therefore it has not been, is what happens if a non-Protestant, but also non-Catholic comes to the Throne.
The likelihood of this situation happening is very remote as I believe the first person in the succession who fits this category is Princess Margarita of Romania who is Eastern Orthodox. Although there are a couple of Lascelles who might fall into this category as well.
The 1701 Act of Settlement only forbade a Catholic from succeeding to the throne and, until it was modified in 2013, forbade anyone in line of succession from marrying a Catholic. In theory, a Jew or a Muslim could succeed to the throne but, in practice, any future monarch would have to be in communion with the state church until the necessity for a state church is deemed no longer necessary.
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