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Georg von Polentz
Georg von Polentz was bishop of Samland from 1519 until his death in 1550 and the first Catholic bishop to join the Reformation. In 1523 he preached Lutheran doctrine in Königsberg cathedral. When the Teutonic Order's state became the Lutheran Duchy of Prussia in 1525, he handed his secular rule to Duke Albert and continued as a Protestant bishop.
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