| Type: | Bishop |
| Honorific Prefix: | The Right Reverend |
| Richard Henry Nelson | |
| Honorific Suffix: | D.D., S.T.D. |
| Bishop of Albany | |
| Diocese: | Albany |
| Term: | 1913–1929 |
| Retired: | --> |
| Predecessor: | William Croswell Doane |
| Successor: | G. Ashton Oldham |
| Ordination: | May 27, 1884 |
| Ordained By: | John Williams |
| Consecration: | May 19, 1904 |
| Consecrated By: | William Croswell Doane |
| Birth Date: | 10 November 1859 |
| Buried: | Cathedral of All Saints (Albany, New York) |
| Religion: | Anglican |
| Parents: | Edward Delavan Nelson & Susan Blanchard Bleecker McDonald |
| Spouse: | Harriet Schuyler Anderson (m. 1885) |
| Children: | 2 |
| Previous Post: | Coadjutor Bishop of Albany (1904-1913) |
Richard Henry Nelson (November 10, 1859 – April 25, 1931) was the second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany in the United States from 1913 to 1929, as well as being coadjutor from 1904 to 1913 under the first bishop, William Croswell Doane.
Nelson attended Trinity Collage where he was a member of the Fraternity of Delta Psi (St. Anthony Hall) and received a B.A.[1] He also attended the University of Pennsylvania, receiving a M.A. and D.D.
Nelson was Rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Philadelphia until 1903.[2] Nelson was elected in 1903 as a bishop coadjutor of Albany.[3] He "was consecrated at a most impressive service in the Cathedral, [on] May 19, 1904."
He served as a bishop for almost thirty years, an extraordinarily long time. Nelson was highly active during all that time: preaching, confirming, and consecrating persons, especially in the northern mission of the diocese in the Adirondack Mountains.[4]
He was replaced by G. Ashton Oldham.[5]