Delegates in the Diocese of Connecticut will elect two bishops suffragan June 17, to serve with the diocesan bishop, the Rt. Rev. Andrew D. Smith. The elections committee released the slate of candidates on April 15.

The list of persons nominated: the Rev. Barbara T. Cheney, rector of St. Paul and St. James' Church, New Haven, Conn.; the Rev. S. Scott Hankins, rector of Christ Church, Norwich, Conn.; the Rev. Dennis G. Jarry, rector of St. Stephen's, Westborough, Mass.; the Rev. Albert J. Keeney, rector of St. John's, Canandaigua, N.Y.; the Very Rev. John A. Macdonald, dean of the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, San Pedro Sula, Honduras; and the Rev. Canon Wilfrido Ramos-Orench, missioner, Greater Hartford Regional Ministry and Misión Hispana San Marcos, New Britain, Conn.

The two bishops suffragan will be elected at consecutive special conventions June 17. At the first, the delegates will elect one from the slate of candidates. At the second convention, immediately following, delegates will elect a second bishop suffragan from among the remaining candidates. Assuming consents, the new bishops will be consecrated Oct. 14.