Riccardo Bartoloni (12 July 1885 – 11 October 1933) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1918 to 1933.
[1] He was for a time the choir director at the Cathedral in Florence and championed the music of Lorenzo Perosi, not only there but while representing the Holy See abroad as a diplomat.
He played a crucial role in launching the career of the Venezuelan composer Juan Bautista Plaza.
[1] On 30 April 1928, Pope Pius XI named him titular archbishop of Laodicea in Syria and Apostolic Internuncio to Lithuania.
[citation needed] He received his episcopal consecration on 27 May 1928 from Cardinal Pietro Gasparri in the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Lucina.