EXHIBIT 23.1

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS




      We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in
this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and the related Prospectus of PNC Bank
Corp. for the registration of 1,149,074 shares of its common stock and to the
incorporation by reference therein of our report dated January 27, 1995, with
respect to the consolidated financial statements of PNC Bank Corp. incorporated
by reference in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1994, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.



                                                         /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
September 1, 1995