Carlo Respighi (November 18, 1873 – June 6, 1947), was an Italian priest, Protonotary Apostolic and Papal Master of Ceremonies from 1918 until his death in 1947.

As a child he often accompanied Giovanni Battista de Rossi, the master of Christian archaeology, a close friend of the Respighi family and who lived at the foot of the Capitoline ramp, on his visits to the catacombs.

On 29 May 1917 he was appointed Protonotary Apostolic with the task of the future succession of Francesco Riggi, prefect of papal ceremonies since 10 September 1895, whom he succeeded the following year.

On Friday, June 6, 1947, at around 9:35 a.m. Carlo Respighi died unexpectedly due to the sudden heart attack in his private residence inside the Papal Apartments.

The day before his death, he had assisted Pius XII at the Holy Mass celebrated for the first communion of the Pope's great-grandnephew and the children of members of the diplomatic corps.