EXHIBIT 24.1

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

                                 PNC BANK CORP.
                     PNC BANK CORP. SUPPLEMENTAL INCENTIVE
                            SAVINGS PLAN, AS AMENDED

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned Directors and/or
Officers of PNC Bank Corp. (the "Corporation"), a Pennsylvania corporation,
hereby names, constitutes and appoints Walter E. Gregg, Jr., Melanie S. Cibik
and Steven L. Kaplan, or each of them, with full power of substitution, such
person's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to execute in such person's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, a Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (or other appropriate form) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, relating to obligations of the Corporation under and interests of
participation in the PNC Bank Corp. Supplemental Incentive Savings Plan, as
amended, and to execute in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, any and all amendments to said Registration Statement.

And such persons hereby ratify and confirm all that any said attorney-in-fact
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Witness the due execution hereby by the following persons in the capacities
indicated as of this December 17, 1996.

Name/Signature                      Capacity
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 /s/ THOMAS H. O'BRIEN              Chairman, Chief Executive 
- --------------------------          Officer and Director
     Thomas H. O'Brien                   

 /s/ PAUL W. CHELLGREN              Director 
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     Paul W. Chellgren

- --------------------------          Director
     Robert N. Clay




 /s/ GEORGE A. DAVIDSON, JR.     Director 
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     George A. Davidson, Jr.

 /s/ DAVID F. GIRARD-DICARLO     Director 
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     David F. Girard-diCarlo

 /s/ DIANNA L. GREEN             Director 
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     Dianna L. Green

 /s/ C.G. GREFENSTETTE           Director 
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     C.G. Grefenstette

 /s/ ARTHUR J. KANIA             Director 
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     Arthur J. Kania

 /s/ BRUCE LINDSAY               Director 
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     Bruce Lindsay

 /s/ THOMAS MARSHALL             Director 
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     Thomas Marshall

 /s/ W. CRAIG MCCLELLAND         Director 
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     W. Craig McClelland

 /s/ DONALD I. MORITZ            Director 
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     Donald I. Moritz

 /s/ JACKSON H. RANDOLPH         Director 
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     Jackson H. Randolph


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 /s/ JAMES E. ROHR                 President and Director 
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     James E. Rohr

 /s/ RODERIC H. ROSS               Director 
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     Roderic H. Ross

 /s/ VINCENT A. SARNI              Director 
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     Vincent A. Sarni

 /s/ GARRY J. SCHEURING            Vice Chairman and Director
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     Garry J. Scheuring                  

 /s/ RICHARD P. SIMMONS            Director 
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     Richard P. Simmons

 /s/ THOMAS J. USHER               Director 
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     Thomas J. Usher

 /s/ MILTON A. WASHINGTON          Director 
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     Milton A. Washington

 /s/ HELGE H. WEHMEIER             Director 
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     Helge H. Wehmeier

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