| Honorific-Prefix: | The Right Reverend |
| James Mathes | |
| Church: | Episcopal Church (United States) |
| Diocese: | San Diego |
| Ordination: | 1991 (deacon) 1992 (priest) |
| Consecration: | 5 March 2005 |
| Consecrated By: | Richard Sui On Chang |
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James Robert Mathes was the fourth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego. After studies at and Virginia Theological Seminary, Mathes was ordained to the diaconate in 1991 and to the priesthood in 1992. He was consecrated on March 5, 2005, by Gary Richard Lillibridge, Richard Sui On Chang and his predecessors, Robert M. Wolterstorff and Gethin Benwil Hughes. He resigned effective July 1, 2017.