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.

"[2] 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.

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