EXHIBIT 24.1

EXHIBIT 24.1


POWER OF ATTORNEY

THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.
INCENTIVE SAVINGS PLAN
PNC RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN

REGISTRATION STATEMENTS

The undersigned director of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. ("PNC"), a
Pennsylvania corporation, hereby names, constitutes and appoints Walter E.
Gregg, Jr., Karen M. Barrett and Thomas R. Moore, and each of them individually,
with full power to act without the others and with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent
to execute for the undersigned and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, one or more Registration Statements on Form S-8 (or other
appropriate form) and post-effective amendments to existing Registration
Statements on Form S-8 (or other appropriate form) to be filed for the offering
or sale of shares of PNC common stock in connection with the above-referenced
plans, and any successor plan or plans, and for the offering or sale of
interests of participation pursuant to such plans, and any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to such registration statements, and any
subsequent registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable securities exchange or
securities self-regulating body, hereby granting to said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them acting alone, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person;

And each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that any said
attorney-in-fact and agent, or any substitute, lawfully does or causes to be
done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the following persons have duly signed this Power of
Attorney this 16th day of November, 2001.

NAME/SIGNATURE CAPACITY

/s/ Dennis F. Strigl Director
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Dennis F. Strigl





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