The cathedral chapter elected Cardona on April 18, 1505; he received dispensation for not having reached the canonical age of 27.

In 1554, the cathedral chapter elected him as the new Prince-Bishop of Basel.

A further complication was that the cathedral chapter had earlier elected the Dean of York, Hubert Walter, as archbishop.

On November 19, 1562, the cathedral chapter elected Friedrich to be the new Archbishop of Cologne.

In 1593 the cathedral chapter in Uppsala elected him archbishop, and he moved back to Sweden and took the seat.

However, the cathedral chapter refused to recognize him and elected John IV Junge instead.

The cathedral chapter elected him precentor in 1512; dean in 1517; and provost in 1521.

The cathedral chapter elected Adolf as Archbishop of Cologne on January 24, 1547.

The cathedral chapter of Basel elected von Utenheim as its new bishop on 1 December 1502.

Grand appeared as a political figure when in 1289 the cathedral chapter of Lund elected him as archbishop.