in accordance with the agreement from 1516, the brothers william and louis sought to ensure that ernest would be the next person to rule the archdiocese of salzburg. in 1525, the made an agreement with the salzburg cathedral chapter whereby ernest was appointed coadjutor of the archbishop of salzburg as compensation for the bavarian help in the german peasants' war. the chapter duly proposed his appointment to the pope, who rejected the proposal. to enable a new appointment procedure, ernest resigned from his position as administrator of the diocese of passau.