Johann Rudolf Kutschker
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| See | Archdiocese of Vienna |
| Title | Archbishop of Vienna, Cardinal priest of Sant'Eusebio |
| Period in office | April 15, 1876 — January 27, 1881 |
| Successor | Cölestin Ganglbauer, O.S.B. |
| Previous post | Titular bishop of Carrhae and auxiliary bishop of Vienna |
| Created cardinal | June 22, 1877 |
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| Date of birth | April 11, 1810 |
| Place of birth | Weise (now Loučky), near Seifersdorf (now Zátor, Czech Republic) |
| Date of death | January 27, 1881 (aged 70) |
| Place of death | Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
Johann Baptist Rudolph Kutschker was an Austrian Cardinal (April 11, 1810 — January 27, 1881).
Born in Weise (now Loučky), near Seifersdorf (now Zátor in the Bruntál District of the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic). He studied humanities and philosophy at the Olomouc University then at the University of Vienna - doctorate in theology.
Ordained priest on April 21, 1833 and incardinated in the archdiocese of Olomouc, he became professor of moral theology of the local university for seventeen years. Later he was appointed to different higher posts in the period 1857 - 1876 in Vienna.
Kutschker was elected titular bishop of Carrhae and appointed auxiliary bishop of archdiocese of Vienna on April 7, 1862. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Vienna on April 15, 1876.
Archibishop Kutschker was created cardinal priest in the consistory of June 22, 1877 by Pope Pius IX and assigned to the title of Sant'Eusebio. He participated in the Papal conclave, 1878.
Died in Vienna on January 27, 1881, buried in the metropolitan St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna.
