The Rt. Reverend Dr. Bertram Nelson, the 10th Episcopal Bishop of Tennessee, passed away Friday, October 21. Bishop Herlong served as Canon Pastor of St. John's Cathedral, Jacksonville, and as founding Chaplain and Assistant Headmaster of Jacksonville Episcopal High School, now Episcopal School of Jacksonville. In 1993 he was elected tenth Bishop of the Diocese of Tennessee and was ordained and consecrated on June 26, 1993, in the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville. Bishop Herlong was married for 54 years to Barbara Ann Vickers. He is survived by two daughters, six grandchildren and four great grandchildren.