James Marshall Adams junior (called Jim; born June 9, 1948) was the fourth Bishop of Western Kansas.

[1] In 1971 he graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education with emphasis on mathematics and business.

[2] Receiving his Master of Divinity from the General Theological Seminary in 1979, he was ordained a deacon on August 6, 1979.

[1] He is currently a member of Communion Partners, an Episcopalian group which opposed the 77th General Episcopal Convention's decision to authorize the blessing of same-sex marriages in 2012.

Adams was ordained a priest on May 1, 1980, and elected fourth Bishop of Western Kansas in October 2001.