Johann Rudolf Kutschker was born in Seifersdorf,
Austrian Silesia (now Loučky in
Zátor,
Czech Republic). He studied humanities and philosophy at the
Olomouc University then at the
University of Vienna - doctorate in theology.
Ordained priest on 21 April 1833 and
incardinated in the
archdiocese of Olomouc, he became professor of
moral theology of the local university for seventeen years. Later he was appointed to different higher posts in the period 1857–1876 in
Vienna. Kutschker was elected
titular bishop of Carrhae and appointed
auxiliary bishop of
archdiocese of Vienna on 7 April 1862. Promoted to the
metropolitan see of
Vienna on 15 April 1876. Archbishop Kutschker was created
cardinal priest in the
consistory of 22 June 1877 by
Pope Pius IX and assigned to the title of
Sant'Eusebio. He participated in the
Papal conclave, 1878. He died in
Vienna on 27 January 1881 and was buried in the metropolitan
St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna. ==References==