Richard Connolly (born 10 November 1927) is an Australian musician, composer and former broadcaster for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. His published and performed works allow him to be counted as among Australia's most prolific composers of Catholic Church music, particularly with regard to the hymns he composed for the Church in Australia, and which are now published and used inter-denominationally. His hymns have been composed to accommodate and adorn the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council.