James Wilson Hunter (April 4, 1904 – 1987) was an American prelate of the Episcopal Church, who served as Bishop of Wyoming between 1949 and 1969.
[1] Hunter was ordained deacon in June 1927 and priest in May 1928, by Presiding Bishop John Gardner Murray.
He married Nancy McCormick Wattles on October 18, 1928, and together had three children.
He served as student-in-charge, then as deacon-in-charge, and then rector of St Barnabas' Church in Sykesville, Maryland between 1926 and 1929.
In 1938, he became rector of St Andrew's Church in Louisville, Kentucky, and in 1946, rector of St Mark's Church in San Antonio, Texas.