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 of PNC Bank Corp. for the registration
of its common stock to be issued in connection with the Midlantic Savings and
Investment Plan 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
November 22, 1995