Bishop of Dresden-Meissen

So it depended on the local vassals if Lutheranism prevailed or not, following the principle of Cuius regio, eius religio.

In 1560 Meissen's last bishop John IX had appointed Johannes Leisentritt as diocesan administrator for the Lusatian part of the diocese, seated in Bautzen.

When in 1635 the Lutheran Electorate of Saxony annexed the Two Lusatias it guaranteed in the cession contract (Traditionsrezess) with Bohemia to leave the existing religious relations untouched.

As a signatory of the Peace of Westphalia of 1648 Saxony later agreed to maintain the religious status quo as given in the reference year of 1624 in all its territories acquired since.

In the 19th century the episcopal function of the apostolic prefects was further emphasised by appointing them simultaneously with titular sees.