Christoph Schönborn OP (born January 22, 1945) at Skalka castle west of Lovosice, in Bohemia, which is now in the Czech Republic. Originally Christoph Graf von Schönborn-Wiesentheid), he is an Austrian 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.