The Diocese of Connecticut has announced seven nominees to be considered in the June 19 election of the 14th Bishop of Connecticut. Other nominations, in accordance with a resolution passed at last October's diocesan convention, could be made by petition to the nominating committee for a period of two weeks following the April 15 announcement.

The following nominees were presented to the diocese on April 15:

The Rev. Leander Samuel Harding, rector of St. John's Church, Stamford, Conn.; the Rev. Canon John Kitagawa, canon to the ordinary of the Diocese of Maryland; the Rev. Martyn Minns, rector of Truro Church, Fairfax, Va.; the Rt. Rev. Andrew Donnan Smith, Bishop Suffragan of Connecticut; the Rev. Leslie Carl Smith, rector of Trinity Church, Princeton, N.J.; and the Rev. Edward Bevan Stanley, rector of Grace & St. Peter's, Hamden, Conn.