Five persons have been nominated for the election of a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of North Carolina, which will take place during the diocesan convention Feb. 1-3 in Winston-Salem.

Those nominated: The Rev. Karen Evans, rector of Emmanuel Church, Alexandria, Va.; the Rev. James G. Gloster, vicar of the Chapel of Christ the King, Charlotte, N.C.; the Rev. G. Kenneth Henry, rector of Holy Comforter, Charlotte; the Rev. Elizabeth C. Jones, rector of Epiphany, Atlanta; and the Rt. Rev. Benoni Y. Ogwal-Abwang, rector of St. Paul's, Harrisburg, Pa., and formerly Bishop of Northern Uganda.

The Rt. Rev. Huntington Williams, current suffragan in North Carolina, has announced plans to retire.