Alfredo Bastianelli OMRI GCSG (born 26 January 1951) is an Italian diplomat, Chancellor of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, and Papal Gentleman.

Bastianelli holds a law degree from Sapienza University of Rome.

Besides his native Italian, Bastianelli speaks English, French and Portuguese.

[1] He held various posts in the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and diplomatic missions of Italy in Brazil, Canada, Mozambique, Indonesia, European Union.

[5][6] At the same time, in 2014, for a few months he was in charge of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Bruxelles, pending the appointment of a new director.