János Csernoch
Catholic cardinal
Died when: 75 years 37 days (901 months)Star Sign: Gemini
János Csernoch (Slovak: Ján Cernoch) 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.
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.
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