Scarcely any opposition to the innovation was made by the next bishop, Franz von Waldeck (1532–53), who from the first planned to aid the Reformation in his three prince-bishoprics of Münster, Minden, and Osnabrück, in order to form out of these three a secular principality for himself.
Erilist vastuseisu uuendustele ei avaldanud ka järgmine piiskop Franz von Waldeck (1532–1553), kes esmalt kavatses toetada reformatsiooni oma kolmes vürstlikus piiskopkonnas: Münsteris, Mindenis ja Osnabrückis, et moodustada nendest kolmest ilmalik vürstkond iseendale.