After a year-long selection process the standing committee of the Diocese of Colorado has announced a slate of five nominees for election as bishop coadjutor on June 21 at St. John’s Cathedral, Denver.

The nominees are the Rev. William R. Hinrichs, rector of St. George’s Church, Clifton Park, N.Y.; the Rev. Robert C. Lord, rector of St. Michael and All Angels’, Mission, Kan.; the Rev. Robert J. O’Neill, rector of Epiphany, Winchester, Mass.; the Rev. Canon Ephraim Radner, rector of Ascension, Pueblo, Colo.; and the Rev. Dabney T. Smith, rector of Holy Trinity, Melbourne, Fla.

The election occurs within a canonically mandated period in which a sufficient number of consents to the election must come from General Convention. If approved, the consecration is set for Oct. 4. The Rt. Rev. William J. (Jerry) Winterrowd, Bishop of Colorado, previously announced his intention to retire in January 2004.