EXHIBIT 23.2











            CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE, LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


            CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE, LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
     We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
of First Commonwealth Financial Corporation on Form S-4 of our report dated
January 30, 1998, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of First
Commonwealth Financial Corporation for the year ended December 31, 1997, and to
the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus, which is a
part of this Registration Statement.

                                         /s/  DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
September 3, 1998