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Giovanni Soglia Ceroni
Archbishop-Bishop of Cingoli
Archbishop-Bishop of Osimo
Church Roman Catholic Church
DioceseCingoli
Osimo
SeeCingoli
Osimo
Appointed18 February 1839
Term ended12 August 1856
PredecessorGiovanni Antonio Benvenuti
SuccessorGiovanni Brunelli
Other post(s) Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati (1839–56)
Orders
Ordination1 January 1803
Consecration22 October 1826
by  Francesco Bertazzoli
Created cardinal12 February 1838 ( in pectore)
18 February 1839 (revealed)
by Pope Gregory XVI
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Giovanni Soglia Ceroni

10 October 1779
Died12 August 1856(1856-08-12) (aged 76)
Osimo, Papal States
Buried Osimo Cathedral
ParentsGiovacchino Soglia
Ana Braga
Previous post(s)
Alma mater Collegio Romano
La Sapienza University

Giovanni Soglia Ceroni (10 October 1779 – 12 August 1856) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church.

Biography

He was ordained a priest on 1 January 1803. appointed him Titular Bishop of Ephesus on 2 October 1826 and ordained a bishop on 22 October.

On 23 June 1834 he was appointed Secretary of the Congregation for Studies. On 6 April 1835, he was named Titular Patriarch of Constantinople.

Pope Gregory XVI made him a cardinal in pectore on 12 February 1838 and then announced publicly that he was Cardinal Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati at a papal consistory held on 21 February 1839. [1] He participated in the papal conclave of 1846 that elected Pope Pius IX. He served as Secretary of State of the Holy See from 4 June 1848 until his resignation on 29 November of that year. [2]

He died on 2 August 1856. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Rome". The Tablet. 24 September 1887. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  2. ^ John Henry Newman, Letters and Diaries, vol. 32 (Thomas Nelson, 1961), p. 209.