James Edward Michaels
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, 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]
References
- ^ Profile at Catholic Hierarchy website
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling–Charleston
- Ordinaries
- Richard Vincent Whelan
- John Joseph Kain
- Patrick James Donahue
- John Joseph Swint
- Joseph Howard Hodges
- Francis B. Schulte
- Bernard William Schmitt
- Michael J. Bransfield
- Mark E. Brennan
- Coadjutor
- Thomas John McDonnell
- Auxiliary
- James Edward Michaels
- 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
- Higher education
- Catholic Distance University
- Wheeling Jesuit University
- High schools
- 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
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