In 1340 the first Latin bishop of Przemysl was ordained by mutual agreement between the Ruthenian Catholic prince and the bishop of Lubusz. However, the civil and war unrest of the time prevented Bishop Ivan not only from working in his diocese, but also from staying there. His successor Nicholas, who was appointed the new bishop by the pope in 1352, also never took up the bishopric of Przemysl. Thus the Przemysl bishopric, established in the first half of the 14th century and not attached to any metropolis, had to remain a titular bishopric for the time being. King Casimir the Great, immediately after incorporating these lands into his kingdom, strongly insisted before Pope Clement VI that, against the rights of the Lubusz bishops, several bishoprics should be established here, along with their own metropolitan seat. After Casimir's untimely death, his successor Louis, King of Hungary and Poland, obtained a favourable bull from Pope Gregory XI in 1375, according to which a Latin ecclesiastical province was established in the Ruthenian lands with a metropolitan seat in Halicz, to which three bishoprics in Przemysl, Wlodzimierz and Chelm were subordinated. Two years later, in 1377, the first Bishop of Przemysl, Eric of Winsen, of the Franciscan Order, was appointed. On his arrival in Przemysl, Bishop Erik consecrated a cathedral and established a chapter. In order to maintain the bishopric, he obtained suitable land by royal privilege. In addition to Przemysl, he chose a second seat in Krosno. The bishop doubled the small number of parish churches and divided them into deaneries. In spite of his foreign origin, he was praised by the Poles of his time as a good and zealous pastor. When he retired (1391), he left his successors a well-organised diocese.