PNC BANK CORP. & PNC FUNDING CORP

Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

PNC BANK CORP.
SHELF REGISTRATION

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 Robert C. Barry, Jr., John F. Fulgoney
and Melanie S. Cibik, or any one of them, severally, 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-3 (or other appropriate form) for the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of (i) guarantees by
the Corporation of PNC Funding Corp's unsecured debt securities ("Debt
Securities"), which Registration Statement shall also relate to such Debt
Securities, (ii) shares of the Corporation's common stock, par value $5 per
share ("Common Stock"), and (iii) shares of the Corporation's preferred stock,
par value $1 per share ("Preferred Stock"), with a proposed maximum aggregate
offering price for such Debt Securities, Common Stock and Preferred Stock of
$1,300,000,000, plus an undetermined number of shares of the Corporation's
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of the Preferred Stock to the
extent any of such shares of Preferred Stock are by their terms convertible
into Common Stock, and an undetermined number of shares of Preferred Stock in
the form of depositary shares to be evidenced by depositary receipts to be
issued pursuant to a deposit agreement in the event the Corporation elects to
offer to the public fractional interests in shares of Preferred Stock, 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
or agent, or any substitute, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

Witness the due execution hereof by the following persons in the capacities
indicated as of this August 21, 1997.

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
- ------------------------------------
Paul W. Chellgren

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

/s/ George A. Davidson, Jr. Director
- ------------------------------------
George A. Davidson, Jr.

/s/ David F. Girard-diCarlo Director
- ------------------------------------
David F. Girard-diCarlo





/s/ C. G. Grefenstette Director
- ------------------------------------
C. G. Grefenstette

/s/ William R. Johnson Director
- ------------------------------------
William R. Johnson

/s/ Bruce Lindsay Director
- ------------------------------------
Bruce Lindsay

/s/ Thomas Marshall Director
- ------------------------------------
Thomas Marshall

/s/ W. Craig McClelland Director
- ------------------------------------
W. Craig McClelland

/s/ Jackson H. Randolph Director
- ------------------------------------
Jackson H. Randolph

/s/ James E. Rohr President and Director
- ------------------------------------
James E. Rohr

/s/ Roderic H. Ross Director
- ------------------------------------
Roderic H. Ross

/s/ Vincent A. Sarni Director
- ------------------------------------
Vincent A. Sarni

/s/ Garry J. Scheuring Director
- ------------------------------------
Garry J. Scheuring

/s/ Richard P. Simmons Director
- ------------------------------------
Richard P. Simmons

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/s/ Thomas J. Usher Director
- ------------------------------------
Thomas J. Usher

/s/ Milton A. Washington Director
- ------------------------------------
Milton A. Washington

/s/ Helge H. Wehmeier Director
- ------------------------------------
Helge H. Wehmeier


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