Serafino Cretoni

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His Eminence Serafino Cretoni
Prefect of the Congregation for Rites
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	7 January 1903
Term ended	3 February 1909
Predecessor	Domenico Ferrata
Successor	Sebastiano Martinelli
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva (1896-1909)
Previous post(s)	Titular Archbishop of Damascus (1893-96) Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals (1900-01) Prefect of the Congregation of Indulgences and Sacred Relics (1900-03)
Orders
Ordination	1857
Consecration	5 February 1893 by Raffaele Monaco La Valletta
Created cardinal	22 June 1896 by Pope Leo XIII
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Serafino Cretoni 4 September 1833 Soriano, Viterbo, Papal States
Died	3 February 1909(1909-02-03) (aged 75) Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Buried	Campo Verano
Parents	Giacomo Cretoni Firmina Trabattoni
Alma mater	La Sapienza University Pontifical Roman Athenaeum Saint Apollinare
Coat of arms

Styles of Serafino Cretoni
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	none

Serafino Cretoni (4 September 1833 – 3 February 1909) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Rites from 1903 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1896.