Background
Michaels, James Edward was born on May 30, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Michaels, James Edward was born on May 30, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Michaels was ordained to the priesthood on December 21, 1951 for the Missionary Society of Saint Columban. On February 15, 1973, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Kwangju, South of Korea and was ordained on April 15, 1973 by Archbishop Leo Binz of Saint Paul. The principal co-consecrators were Archbishop Harold Henry, South.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.