James Edward Michaels

James Edward Michaels (May 30, 1926 – September 21, 2010) was the Roman Catholic Titular bishop of Verbe and auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Michaels was ordained to the priesthood on December 21, 1951 for the Missionary Society of St. Columban. On February 15, 1973, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Kwangju, South Korea and was ordained on April 15, 1973 by Archbishop Leo Binz of Saint Paul. The principal co-consecrators were Archbishop Harold Henry, S.S.C.M.E. of Kwangju and Bishop William O'Connor of Springfield in Illinois.

On April 3, 1977, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Wheeling-Charleston diocese resigning on September 22, 1987.^[1]

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Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston Bishops Ordinaries Richard Vincent Whelan John Joseph Kain Patrick James Donahue John Joseph Swint Joseph Howard Hodges Francis B. Schulte Bernard William Schmitt Michael Joseph Bransfield Coadjutor Thomas John McDonnell Auxiliary James Edward Michaels Churches Cathedrals Cathedral of St. Joseph, Wheeling Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Charleston Parishes Good Shepherd Church, Coalburg St. Peter's Church, Harpers Ferry St. Francis Xavier Church, Parkersburg Former parishes St. Bernard Church, Camden St. Colman's Church, Dillon Education Higher education Wheeling Jesuit University High Schools Bishop Donahue Memorial High School, McMechen Charleston Catholic High School, Charleston Madonna High School, Weirton Notre Dame High School, Clarksburg Parkersburg Catholic High School, Parkersburg St. Joseph Central Catholic High School, Huntington Wheeling Central Catholic High School, Wheeling Former high school Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy, Wheeling Grade school Cathedral Parish School Catholicism Portal