Serafino Cardinal Cretoni †

Deceased

Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Sep 1833		Born
1857²	23.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
11 May 1878	44.6	Appointed	Pro-Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State
19 Sep 1879	46.0	Appointed	Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State
16 Nov 1880	47.1	Resigned	Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State
16 Jan 1893	59.3	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Damascus
5 Feb 1893	59.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Damascus
3 May 1893	59.6	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain
22 Jun 1896	62.7	Elevated to Cardinal
3 Dec 1896	63.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva
23 Oct 1900	67.1	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
7 Jan 1903	69.3	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
3 Feb 1909	75.4	Died	Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Serafino Cretoni
(VIAF: 88788173; WikiData: Q771230)
Serafino Cardinal Cretoni (born 4 Sep 1833, died 3 Feb 1909) Prefect of (Sacred) Rites

Consistory - June 1896: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1903: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Soriano, Diocese of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Via Monteserrat, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original) Campo Verano, Cemetery, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 52.0 years
a bishop for 15.9 years
a cardinal for 12.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Vincenzo Leone Sallua, O.P. †
Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
Archbishop Tancredo Fausti †
Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop José Ramón Quesada y Gascón † (1894)
Bishop Toribio Minguella y Arnedo, O.A.R. † (1894)
Bishop Nicolás Rey y Redondo † (1894)
Bishop Ramón Ríu y Cabanas † (1895)
Bishop Pascual Carrascosa y Gabaldón † (1896)
Bishop Casimiro Piñera y Naredo † (1896)
Bishop Giovanni Battista Ressia † (1897)
Bishop Giuseppe Capecci, O.E.S.A. † (1897)
Archbishop Paolo Schinosi † (1897)
Archbishop Carmelo Pujia † (1898)
Bishop Francesco Carlo di Mento † (1899)
Bishop Emanuele Merra † (1899)
Bishop Francesco di Costanzo † (1899)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Soriano, Diocese of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy
Ordained Priest	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Via Monteserrat, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original)	Campo Verano, Cemetery, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 238, and Page 50
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 22 Jun 1896
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1893, Number 10
xsta/nunc: Le Nunziature Apostoliche (Marchi), Page 33, and Page 239

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