William Ingraham Kip

William Ingraham Kip (October 3, 1811 – April 7, 1893) was an American Protestant Episcopal bishop. Early life Kip was born in New York City, of Breton ancestry, the son of Leonard Kip and Maria (Ingraham) Kip. He graduated at Yale in 1831. After briefly studying law, Kip turned to a clerical calling and graduated from the General Theological Seminary in 1835. He was ordained deacon in June 1835 and ordained priest in October of the same year. Kip became rector of St. Peter's Church in Morristown, New Jersey in 1835, moved to become assistant minister of Grace Church in New York City in 1836, and moved again to become rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Albany, where he remained from 1838 to 1853. Episcopate