Giovanni Soglia Ceroni
Giovanni Soglia Ceroni (10 October 1779 – 12 August 1856) was an Italian prelate 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]