Serafino Cardinal Cretoni †

Deceased

Prefect of the Congregation of Rites

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Sep 1833		Born	Soriano
1857	23.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
16 Jan 1893	59.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Damascus
5 Feb 1893	59.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Damascus
9 May 1893	59.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain
22 Jun 1896	62.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva
22 Jun 1896	62.8	Elevated to Cardinal
19 Apr 1900	66.6	Appointed	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
23 Oct 1900	67.1	Appointed	Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
7 Jan 1903	69.3	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation of Rites
3 Feb 1909	75.4	Died	Prefect of the Congregation of Rites

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

a priest for 52.1 years
a bishop for 16.0 years
a cardinal for 12.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Serafino Cardinal Cretoni † (1893)
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop José Ramón Quesada y Gascón †
Bishop Toribio Minguella y Arnedo, O.A.R. †
Bishop Nicolás Rey y Redondo †
Bishop Ramón Ríu y Cabanas †
Bishop Pascual Carrascosa y Gabaldón †
Bishop Casimiro Piñera y Naredo †

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