Popes Sixtus V and Gregory XIII each made him Referendary of both signatures and secretary to the several congregations and consultations concerning the clergy and regulars.
[4] Charles Borromeo, as archbishop of Milan, brought in outsiders;[6] he appointed Lewis one of the vicars-general of his diocese, at the same time taking him into his family.
[4] Back in Rome, Lewis took on for the Papal Curia policy concerning the English College, Reims and Mary Queen of Scots.
[1] At the time of the Spanish Armada there was support for him to be made archbishop of York in the event of the enterprise succeeding, but Allen disapproved of the idea; the proposal became for other bishoprics.
Lewis continued to reside at Rome, and the pope appointed him one of the apostolic visitors of that city; and sent him as nuncio to Switzerland.