The Diocese of East Tennessee has nominated 10 candidates for the election of its third bishop. The successor to the Rt. Rev. Robert Tharp will be elected Oct. 17 at a special meeting of the diocesan convention.

The nominees are: the Rev. Edward C. Chapman, rector, Emmanuel Parish, Cumberland, Md.; the Very Rev. Philip M. Duncan, dean, St. Matthew's Cathedral, Dallas, Texas; the Rev. Maurice L. Goldsmith, rector, St. Mary's on the Highlands, Birmingham, Ala.; the Rev. David Hackett, rector, St. Timothy's, Signal Mountain, Tenn.; the Rev. Philip C. Linder, rector, Holy Trinity, Decatur, Ga.; the Rev. Joe Reynolds, rector, Holy Innocents Church and School, Atlanta, Ga.; the Rev. Robert L. Sessum, rector, Good Shepherd, Lexington, Ky.; the Rev. Canon Anne Stevenson, canon residentiary, Christ Church Cathedral, Nashville, Tenn.; the Rev. John Talbird, rector, Church of the Good Shepherd, Lookout Mountain, Tenn.; and the Rev. Charles G. vonRosenberg, rector, St. James', Wilmington, N.C