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[[Image:Cardinal_Schönborn.jpg|thumb|120px|Christoph Cardinal Schönborn]]

Count '''Christoph von Schönborn-Wiesentheid''', usually known as '''Christoph Schönborn''' [[Dominican Order|OP]]''' (born [[January 22]], [[1945]]) at Skalka castle west of [[Lovosice]], in [[Bohemia]], which is now in the [[Czech Republic]]) is an [[Austria]]n [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]]. He has been [[Archbishop]] of [[Vienna]] since [[1995]]. Schönborn succeeded [[Hans Hermann Groër]], who was accused of sexual abuse.

In [[1998]], he was one of the new cardinals named by [[Pope]] [[John Paul II]] . Christoph Schönborn is often called ''[[papabile]]''.