János Csernoch
János Csernoch (Slovak: Ján Černoch) S.T.D. (18 June 1852 – 25 July 1927) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Esztergom and Primate of Hungary.
His Eminence János Csernoch | |
|---|---|
| Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom Primate of Hungary | |
| See | Archdiocese of Esztergom |
| Installed | 13 December 1912 – 25 July 1927 |
| Predecessor | Kolos Ferenc Vaszary |
| Successor | Jusztinián György Serédi, O.S.B. |
| Other post(s) | Previously Archbishop of Kalocsa |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 18 November 1874 |
| Consecration | 10 May 1908 by Károly Hornig |
| Created cardinal | 25 May 1914 by Pope Pius X |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 June 1852 Szakolcza, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire, (today Skalica, Slovakia) |
| Died | 25 July 1927 (aged 75) Esztergom, Hungary |
János Csernoch was born in Szakolcza, Kingdom of Hungary (now Skalica, Slovakia). He received minor orders on 22 July 1874, the subdiaconate on 23 July 1874 and the diaconate on 24 July 1874. He was educated at the Collegium Pázmáneum in Vienna and the University of Vienna, where he earned a doctorate in theology on 2 June 1876.
In spite of his Slovak ethnic origin and family relations to several Slovak national activists his attitude to the Slovak national movement was ambivalent. He financially supported some Slovak activities and published articles in Slovak newspapers but after 1910 he supported the integrity of the Kingdom of Hungary.
To date, he is the last Archbishop of Esztergom to have crowned a King of Hungary.