Richard Henry Baker IV (July 8, 1897 – April 12, 1981) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, serving from 1959 to 1965.

and later enrolled in the Virginia Theological Seminary to study for the ordained ministry.

Baker deployed as an ambulance driver on the French front lines during World War I and received the Croix de Guerre for his courageous service.

In 1931 he became rector of the Church of the Redeemer in Baltimore, where he remained until his episcopal election.

He was consecrated in the Church of the Good Shepherd in Raleigh, North Carolina on January 25, 1951, by Presiding Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill.