The Diocese of North Carolina has three additional nominees for its episcopal election [TLC, Nov. 28] in January, bringing the total to seven.

The additional nominees are the Rev. Stephen J. Elkins-Williams, rector of Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill, N.C.; the Rev. Virginia Norton Herring, assistant at Holy Trinity, Greensboro, N.C.; and the Rev. Jeffrey H. Walker, rector of Christ Church, Greenwich, Conn., who withdrew his name and has re-entered the process. The other two persons were nominated during the period for additional nominations.

The Rev. Canon J. Neil Alexander, professor of liturgics and homiletics at the School of Theology of the University of the South; the Rev. Michael B. Curry, rector of St. James', Baltimore, Md., and the Rev. Leslie C. Smith, rector of Trinity, Princeton, N.J., were the original nominees.

The bishop-elect will succeed the Rt. Rev. Robert C. Johnson, Jr., who will retire before mid-July. He has served as Bishop of North Carolina since 1994. The election will be held during diocesan convention Jan. 27-29 in Pinehurst.