CSERNOCH, János. – Cardinal, born 18 June 1852 at Szakolcza, died 25 July 1927 at Strigonia. He completed his theological studies in Vienna and was ordained priest in 1874. In 1879 he was appointed to the chair of biblical studies at the seminary of Strigonia, earning recognition for his talents from Cardinal Archbishop J. X. Simor, who named him master of ceremonies and archivist of the primatial see. In 1900 he was among the founders of the Catholic Party in Hungary.
Elected Bishop of Csanád in 1908, he was transferred three years later to the archiepiscopal see of Kalocza. Upon the death of Cardinal Vaszary in 1913, he was translated to Strigonia and became Primate of Hungary. In the Consistory of 25 May 1914, Pius X created him Cardinal with the title of S. Eusebio. During the Bolshevik regime of Béla Kun he was forced to leave his see. When Charles, Emperor of Austria, went into exile, the Primate—who, according to the constitution, was to place the Holy Crown of St Stephen upon the sovereign—swore that he would not crown a new king until the death of the exiled monarch.
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