Luigi Serafini (cardinal)

Luigi Serafini (6 June 1808 – 1 February 1894) was a Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.

His Eminence Luigi Serafini
Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of the Council
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	31 July 1885
Term ended	19 June 1893
Predecessor	Lorenzo Nina
Successor	Angelo di Pietro
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1888–94)
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Tuscanella (1870–80) Bishop of Viterbo (1870–80) Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati (1877–88) Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura (1884–85) Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals (1887–88)
Orders
Ordination	25 August 1853
Consecration	17 July 1870 by Costantino Patrizi Naro
Created cardinal	12 March 1877 by Pope Pius IX
Rank	Cardinal-Priest (1877–88) Cardinal-Bishop (1888–94)
Personal details
Born	Luigi Serafini 6 June 1808 Magliano Sabina, Papal States
Died	1 February 1894(1894-02-01) (aged 85) Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Buried	Campo Verano
Parents	Giuseppe Serafini Anna Giorgi
Alma mater	Collegio Romano La Sapienza University

He was born in Magliano Sabina in 1808, and ordained a priest in 1853. In 1870, he was ordained Bishop of Viterbo. In 1877, he was elevated to cardinal. He resigned as bishop of Viterbo in 1880. In 1884, he was appointed Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura. The following year, he was appointed Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of the Council. He died in 1894, at the age of eighty-five.

External links

• Luigi Serafini at Catholic Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}