Richard Abellon

{{short description|Filipino Episcopalian bishop}}{{Infobox person

| name = Richard Abelardo Abellon

|image=Richard Abellon.png

|caption=Abellon in 1992

| death_date = October 10, 2008

| occupation = Bishop in the Episcopal Church

}}

Richard Abelardo Abellon (died October 15, 2008) was a Filipino Episcopalian bishop. He was a bishop in The Episcopal Church and the first Prime Bishop of the autonomous Episcopal Church in the Philippines, from 1990 to 1993. He also served as Presiding Bishop of the Philippines under The Episcopal Church in the United States from 1982 to 1986.{{cite news |author= |title=

As It Installs New Prime Bishop, Philippine Church Reflects on Growing Role in National Life |url=http://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/ENS/ENSpress_release.pl?pr_number=93005 |newspaper=Episcopal News Service |date=January 15, 1993 |access-date=2015-11-17 }}{{cite news |author=Mark Harris |title=

Bishop Abellon, First Prime Bishop of the ECP has died |url=http://anglicanfuture.blogspot.com/2008/10/bishop-abellon-first-prime-bishop-of.html |newspaper=Preludium |date=October 18, 2008 |access-date=2015-11-17 }}