Form: S-8

Initial registration statement for securities to be offered to employees pursuant to employee benefit plans

January 17, 2001

CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG

Published on January 17, 2001



EXHIBIT 23.2


CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form
S-8 No. 333-_____) pertaining to The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 1997
Long-Term Incentive Award Plan of our report dated January 20, 2000, with
respect to the consolidated financial statements of The PNC Financial Services
Group, Inc. incorporated by reference in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1999, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


/s/ Ernst & Young LLP


January 12, 2001
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania