Franz König

Styles of
**Franz König**
Styles of; Franz König
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Vienna (Emeritus)

His Eminence

Franz König
His Eminence; Franz König
Cardinal, Archbishop emeritus of Vienna
Archdiocese	Vienna
See	Vienna
Appointed	10 May 1956
Term ended	16 September 1985
Predecessor	Theodor Cardinal Innitzer
Successor	Hans Hermann Groër
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio; Ordinary for the Austrian Ordinariate for the Faithful of Eastern Rites; Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Austria;
Previous post(s)	Coadjutor Bishop of Sankt Pölten (1952–1956); Titular Bishop of Livias (1952–1956); President of the Secretariat of Non-Believers (1965–1980);
Orders
Ordination	29 October 1933; by Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani
Consecration	31 August 1952; by Michael Memelauer
Created cardinal	15 December 1958; by Pope John XXIII
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	3 August 1905; Sankt Pölten, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary
Died	13 March 2004 (aged 98); Vienna, Austria
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Coat of arms

Franz König (3 August 1905 – 13 March 2004) was an Austrian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of Vienna from 1956 to 1985, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958. The last surviving cardinal elevated by Pope John XXIII, he was the longest-serving and second-oldest cardinal worldwide at the time of his death.