Anton Josef Gruscha

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Anton Josef Cardinal Gruscha, S.T.D. (3 November 1820 – 5 August 1911) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was Archbishop of Vienna.

He was born in Vienna, Austria. He received minor orders on 31 October 1839, the subdiaconate on July 9 1842, the diaconate 15 July 1842. He was ordained on 4 May 1843. He attended the University of Vienna where he earned a doctorate in theology in 1849.

After his ordination he worked in the Archdiocese of Vienna in the parish of Saint Leopold. He was also a professor of religion in the gymnasium of the Theresian Academy and a preacher in the metropolitan cathedral and professor of pastoral theology in the university. He was created Privy chamberlain supernumerary of His Holiness.

Episcopate

Pope Leo XIII appointed him titular bishop of "Carre" on 28 March 1878 and appointed as an Auxiliary Bishop of Vienna. He was Promoted to the metropolitan see of Vienna on 23 June 1890.

Cardinalate

He was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of " S. Maria degli Angeli" in the consistory of 1 June 1891 by Pope Leo. He participated in the conclave of 1903 that elected Pope Pius X and refused to issue the veto of Emperor Franz Josef I against Cardinal Rampolla. He died in 1911.