James Edward Michaels S.S.C.M.E. was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston in West Virginia from 1973 to 1987. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Kwangju in South Korea from 1966 to 1973. He was a member of the Missionary Society of St. Columban (Columbans).