As to the interior Henry III still had to repay debts from his pre-predecessor Christopher "the Spendthrift". In 1580 Henry introduced a Lutheran church constitution for the Prince-Archbishopric. Thus Henry III would not exercise the pastoral functions of a Roman Catholic bishop any more. In 1584 the Holy See founded the Roman Catholic "Nordic Missions", an endeavour for pastoral care and mission in the area of the de facto ceased "archdioceses of Bremen" and "of Lund". In 1622 the "Nordic Missions" were subordinated to the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide in Rome. The Holy See conveyed to the Nuncio to Cologne, Pietro Francesco Montoro, the task to look after the "Nordic Missions" in - among others - the "Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen" and the "Prince-Bishopric of Verden". In 1667 the "Holy See" further institutionalised the "Nordic Missions" by establishing the Vicariate Apostolic of the Nordic Missions.