János Csernoch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

János Csernoch

Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop of Esztergom and Primate of Hungary

Date of Birth: 18-Jun-1852

Place of Birth: Skalica, Trnava Region, Slovakia

Date of Death: 25-Jul-1927

Profession: politician, Catholic priest

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac 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.