A search committee in the Diocese of Connecticut has announced the names of five nominees for the election of a suffragan bishop.

Those nominated are: the Very Rev. William H. Brake, Jr., rector of Pohick Church, Lorton, Va.; the Rev. James E. Curry, rector of Trinity Church, Portland, Conn.; the Rev. Richard L. Schuster, executive director of St. Luke's Community Services, Inc., Stamford, Conn.; the Rev. Andrew Donnan Smith, rector of St. Mary's, Manchester, Conn.; and the Rev. Canon Patricia M. Thomas, canon to the ordinary and administrator of the Diocese of Washington.

The election will be held Oct. 28, the second day of the diocesan convention, at Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford. The bishop-elect will work with diocesan Bishop Clarence N. Coleridge.