 The chapter then entrusted the administration of the diocese to the suffragan bishop, Ciprian.At his death in 1594, the clergy were divided into factions on the choice of a successor, until Sigismund III nominated Benedict Wolna (1600–1615), who exerted himself efficaciously for the canonization of Saint Casimir Jagiellon, in whose honour the first stone of a church was laid it Vilnius in 1604.He succeeded in his efforts to have St. Casimir regarded as patron saint of Lithuania.