Bonaventura Cerretti


Bonaventura Cerretti
Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed12 October 1931
Term ended8 May 1933
PredecessorFrancesco Ragonesi
SuccessorEnrico Gasparri
Other post(s)
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination31 March 1895
by Tancredo Fausti
Consecration19 July 1914
by Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta
Created cardinal14 December 1925
by Pope Pius XI
RankCardinal-Priest (1926–33)
Cardinal-Bishop (1933)
Personal details
Born
Bonaventura Cerretti

17 June 1872
Comune de Bardono, Orvieto, Kingdom of Italy
Died8 May 1933(1933-05-08) (aged 60)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
BuriedSanta Maria in Trastevere
ParentsFaustino Cerretti
Maria Custodi
Alma materPontifical Gregorian University
MottoRobur in fide
Coat of armsBonaventura Cerretti's coat of arms
Styles of
Bonaventura Cerretti
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeVelletri (suburbicarian see)
Cardinal Cerretti (in robe) with Queensland Premier William McCormack, about to place a wreath at Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, 17 September 1928

Bonaventura Cerretti (17 June 1872 – 8 May 1933) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura from 1931 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1925.