Giuseppe Siri was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Genoa from 1946 to 1987, and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 1953. A protege of Pope Pius XII, he was, at one point, considered a papabile.
Cardinal Siri in the 1970s
Giuseppe Siri (first on the right, back row) in 1930
Pope Pius XII bestows the red biretta upon Siri in 1953.
Siri in 1960
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Genoa
The Archdiocese of Genoa is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. Erected in the 3rd century, it was elevated to an archdiocese on 20 March 1133. The archdiocese of Genoa was, in 1986, united with the Diocese of Bobbio-San Colombano, forming the Archdiocese of Genoa-Bobbio; however a split in 1989 renamed it the "Archdiocese of Genoa."
Cathedral of San Lorenzo, Genoa
Image: Roman Catholic Diocese of Genova in Italy