Anton Josef Gruscha

His Eminence Anton Josef Gruscha
Cardinal, Archbishop of Vienna
Church	Roman Catholic
Archdiocese	Vienna
Installed	6 July 1890
Term ended	5 August 1911
Predecessor	Cölestin Josef Ganglbauer
Successor	Franz Xaver Nagl
Other posts	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli
Orders
Ordination	4 May 1843
Consecration	28 April 1878
Created Cardinal	1 June 1891 by Leo XIII
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	3 November 1820 Vienna Austrian Empire
Died	5 August 1911 (aged 90) Kirchberg am Wechsel Austro-Hungarian Empire
Nationality	Austrian
Previous post	Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Austria (1878-1890)
Coat of arms

Styles of Anton Josef Gruscha
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Vienna

Anton Josef Gruscha, S.T.D. (3 November 1820, Vienna – 5 August 1911, Schloss Kranichberg, Lower Austria) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was Archbishop of Vienna.

He was born in Vienna, Austria. He received minor orders on 31 October 1839, the subdiaconate on 9 July 1842, the diaconate 15 July 1842. He was ordained on 4 May 1843. He attended the University of Vienna, where he earned a doctorate in theology in 1849.

After his ordination he worked in the Archdiocese of Vienna in the parish of Saint Leopold. He was also a professor of religion in the gymnasium of the Theresian Academy, a preacher in the metropolitan cathedral, and a professor of pastoral theology in the university. He was created Privy chamberlain supernumerary of His Holiness.

Episcopate

Pope Leo XIII appointed him titular bishop of Carre and an Auxiliary Bishop of Vienna on 28 March 1878. He was promoted to the metropolitan see of Vienna on 23 June 1890.

Cardinalate

He was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli in the consistory of 1 June 1891 by Pope Leo. He participated in the conclave of 1903 that elected Pope Pius X and refused to issue the veto of Emperor Franz Josef I against Cardinal Rampolla; however, that veto was issued by Cardinal Puzyna. Cardinal Gruscha died in 1911.