John Charles Wester (born November 5, 1950) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Santa Fe since 2015.

[1][2] After his 1976 ordination, the archdiocese assigned Wester as associate pastor at Saint Raphael Parish in San Rafael, California.

In 1979, he was appointed as a teacher and director of campus ministry at Marin Catholic High School in Kentfield, California.

[4] Wester was heavily involved in sexual abuse cases in the archdiocese, meeting with victims and accused clergy.

In 2019, Wester condemned Santa Muerte (Saint Death), a recent religious movement in Mexico and South America inspired by drug traffickers.