 He was supported by Tolomeo Gallio, Cardinal Secretary of State.Bishop Protasewicz, Samogitian cathedral chapter, Lithuanian Jesuits, Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł, and other nobles protested this nepotism and instead promoted Giedraitis, who had a clear advantage of speaking Lithuanian and Samogitian.They also did not want increasing Polish influence in Lithuania after the Union of Lublin – bishops were automatically granted a seat in the Senate of Poland–Lithuania.