Evening star., 1943-09-10
Committee Gets
Nominees For
Bishop S Post
Cathedral Group
Will Consider
Large List Today
BY HAROLD B. ROGERS.

The Nominating Committee of
Washington diocese Protestant Epis-
copal Church, meeting at pm. to-
day. will have before it for con-
slderaton very large list" of nomi-
nees for the post of Bishop of WASH
ington to succeed the late Right
Rev. James E. Freeman.
The Rev. Peyton Williams, rector
OF Christ Church, Georgetown and
secretary of the Nominating Com
mittee, has received names from all
parts of tue diocese in response to
an Invitation to all members of the
church to express preferences.
The. Rev. Mr.. Williams said the
Nominating Committee will be
divided into subcommittee so that
the many nominees may be given
detailed consideration. He added
that reports will be compiled for
submission to the entire Nominating
Committee Of ~ members. Chair
man OF the committee is Supreme
Court Justice Roberts.
Follows Precedent.
This procedure for selecting a
bishop is following generally the
precedent set in Pfiladelphia when
the Episcopal diocese there used the
nominating system to select their
bishop, the Right Rev. Oliver J.
Hart. D. D., formerly rector of st,
Johns Church on Sixteenth street,
In Philadelphia, the Nominating
Committee was voluntary group.
But here there were departures from
the Philadelphia plan. The Nomi-
mating Committee was named by the
Standing Committee of the diocese
and was authorized to increase its
own membership.
In Philadelphia the Nominating
Committee was larger than the one
here. It divided itself into several
subcommittees and each subcom-
mittee made careful study of the
names submitted to it. Then all
subcommittee reported to the gen.
eral Nominating Committee. After
further study the Nominating Com
mittee selected seven leading nomi-
nees. These names were presented
to the Philadelphia diocese in two
ways. The list was reported out
alphabetically, and also in order of
preference.
- Elected by Diocese.
DR.. Hart, the No. / man on the
committee list, was elected by the
diocese. The No. 2 man on the list
was the Rev. DR.. Donald Bradshaw
Aldrich, rector of the Church of the
Ascension, New York City. He has
been prominently mentioned as a
nominee to succeed Bishop Free
man. Literature was circulated
with his picture to delegates at the
recent convention Of the diocese
here. q B.
But, according to the Rev. Mr..
Williams, the local committee is
anxious to avoid pushing any one
candidate. Neither do the individual
members Of the Nominating Com
mittee desire to appear as favoring
any one candidate, he said.
The Nominating Committee in
tends first to "set forth general prin-
ciples and policies" involved in the
problem before it. It hopes to set up
qualifications which the local diocese
will look for in the new bishop. This
problem is more interesting this year
than ever before, because of pro-
posals to come before the general
convention Of the church at Cleve-
land early next month to select q
presiding bishop of the church, and
to decide whether to give him offices
and residence in Washington,
probably in the Cathedral Close.
Whatever action is taken at Cleve-
land will influence this diocese.
Most Favored Names.
A certain number" of the most
favored names probably will be sub
mitted to the recessed session of the
diocesan convention. But it remains
for the committee to decide whether
1t will submit seven names as was
done in Philadelphia and also
whether or not it will present them
In order of preference.
Under the resolution of the Wash
ington Diocesan Convention held at
st. Stephen and the Incarnation
Church the convention is "in recess
until after the general convention.
Thus, the national church situation
will be established before it becomes
necessary to select new bishop.
The committee will meet at the
College of Preachers on Cathedral
Close, will have dinner there and
continue its deliberations after din
ner.
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