 The Pope appointed Pole a cardinal-priest and administrator of the See of Canterbury on 11 December 1555.Under Mary's rule, Pole, whose attainder was reversed in 1554, was finally ordained as a priest on 20 March 1556 and consecrated as archbishop of Canterbury two days later, an office he would hold until his death.He was also chancellor of both Oxford and Cambridge universities in 1555 and 1555/1556 respectively.