János Csernoch
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János Csernoch (Slovak: Ján Černoch)
Archbishop of Esztergom and Primate of Hungary
.
János Csernoch was born in Szakolcza,
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.[citation needed]
To date, he is the last Archbishop of Esztergom to have crowned a King of Hungary.
Priesthood
He was
Parliament of Hungary, representing his native city in 1901. He was created Protonotary apostolic
on 15 April 1907.
Episcopate
Appointed as
Archdiocese of Esztergom
by Pope Pius on 13 December 1912.
Cardinalate
Csernoch was created
1922, which elected Pope Pius XI
. He died in office in 1927.
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