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.