James Edward Michaels

{{Short description|American Catholic bishop}}

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James Edward Michaels (May 30, 1926 – September 21, 2010) was the 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, 1966, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Kwangju, South Korea and was ordained on April 15, 1966, 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.[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmichaels.html Profile at Catholic Hierarchy website]

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Category:Clergy from Chicago

Category:American Roman Catholic missionaries

Category:Roman Catholic missionaries in South Korea

Category:20th-century American Roman Catholic titular bishops

Category:20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in South Korea

Category:Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston

Category:1926 births

Category:2010 deaths

Category:Religious leaders from West Virginia

Category:American expatriates in South Korea

Category:Catholics from Illinois

Category:Missionary Society of St. Columban

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