 Since the refusal took place at the Papal Court, Canon Law would seem to place the right to elect a new bishop in the hands of Pope Clement V, and that is exactly what the Bergamasque historians argue.They make the next bishop, Canon Cipriano degli Alessandri, a papal appointment.Giuseppe Ronchetti, however, argues that signatures of Bishop-elect Cipriani, which read, "Venerab.