Nelson Somerville Rulison

Nelson Somerville Rulison (April 24, 1842 – September 1, 1897 [1]) was second bishop of Central Pennsylvania.

The Right Reverend Nelson Somerville Rulison D.D.
Bishop of Central Pennsylvania
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	Central Pennsylvania
Elected	1891
In office	1891-1897
Predecessor	Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe
Successor	Ethelbert Talbot
Orders
Ordination	November 30, 1866 by Horatio Potter
Consecration	October 28, 1884 by Alfred Lee
Personal details
Born	April 24, 1842 Carthage, New York, United States
Died	September 1, 1897 (aged 55) Mannheim, German Empire
Buried	Nisky Hill Cemetery, Bethlehem
Nationality	American
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Nelson J Rulison & Sophia Van Antwerp
Spouse	Georgia Blanche Rice
Children	5
Previous post	Assistant Bishop of Central Pennsylvania (1884-1891)

Biography

Rulison was born on April 24, 1842 in Carthage, New York, born to a family whose ancestors were German nobles. He studied at the General Theological Seminary in New York City and graduated in 1866 after which he was ordained deacon. He served as assistant minister of the Church of the Annunciation in New York City. In 1867, he became rector of Zion Church in Morris, New York. In 1876 he transferred to Cleveland, Ohio to become rector of St Paul's Church.

Rulison was elected Assistant Bishop of Central Pennsylvania (present day Diocese of Bethlehem) on June 12, 1884. He was subsequently consecrated on October 28, 1884 by Presiding Bishop Alfred Lee and co-consecrate by William Bacon Stevens, Bishop of Pennsylvania and Samuel Smith Harris, Bishop of Michigan. He was consecrated in St Paul's Church in Cleveland, Ohio. He became Bishop of Central Pennsylvania in 1891.

References

1. The Rt. Rev. Nelson Somerville Rulison. The Lehigh Burr. Lehigh University. 1896. p. 3. Retrieved January 5, 2016.

• Jonathan Wesley Miller, History of the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania, 1871-1909 (1909)