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Christoph Maria Michael Hugo Damian Peter Adalbert, Count of Schnborn, O.P. , is a Bohemianborn Austrian Dominican friar and theologian, who is a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He serves as the Archbishop of Vienna and President of the Austrian Bishops Conference. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1998. He is also the chaplain of the Order of the Golden Fleece , of which he has been a member since 1961. He is a member of the formerly sovereign princely House of Schnborn, several members of which held high offices of the Holy Roman Empire and the Catholic Church as princebishops, princeelectors and cardinals.

Schnborn has for several years been seen as a leading future candidate for the papacy because he is conservative, albeit a balanced reformer who is well liked by all factions of the church and noted for his tolerant views, diplomatic skills and openness to dialogue. In particular, he is recognized for his ability to mediate between the conservative and reformist wings of the Church. Schnborn has travelled widely and is well known in the Catholic Church globally for editing the Catechism of the Catholic Church. He is a former student of Pope Benedict XVI and a close confidant, ally and longtime friend, who has been called Benedicts spiritual son. According to John L. Allen, Schnborn was among the kingmakers when Benedict was elected Pope in 2005. Born in Skalken in Bohemia and growing up in Schruns next to the Swiss border, he has German Bohemian, Czech, Austrian, Hungarian, Italian and Irish ancestry. He descends from many prominent families of Bohemia as well as royal families such as

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