
Christoph Schonborn
ABOUT CHRISTOPH SCHONBORN
Bohemian-born, Austrian-Dominican friar and theologian. He became Archbishop of Vienna in 1995.
He spent much of his youth living in France and French-speaking Switzerland.
He was a student of Pope Benedict XVI .
He was born into one of the leading aristocratic families of Bohemia (current day Czech Republic).
In 1998, he was elevated to the Cardinalate by Pope John Paul II .