On the other side, after analyzing all the clues, the official dispatched by the Archbishop of Cologne finally roughly determined that Archbishop Friedrich had "disappeared" within the borders of Mainz.
But when they proposed to look for people in Mainz, they were flatly refused by Friedrich Karl's diplomat. The reason given was that the recent religious unrest in Cologne had also affected Mainz, and they feared for their safety.
On the sixth day of Archbishop Friedrich's detention by the "Vatican Guard," Osnabrück elected a new archbishop—Opus Stern, a native assistant bishop. Archbishop Muzareli quickly expressed approval of this result on behalf of the Holy See.
Without any political foundation, Opus Stern immediately announced, following the advice of "Count Amago" and Franz Egon, who had helped him get elected, that Osnabrück would secede from the Archbishopric of Cologne, unwilling to accept the dirty guidance of Maximilian any longer.
