[2][3][4] Ingram was born in Crows Nest, New South Wales, to George and Marjorie (née Hyndes) Ingham.
[6] Ingham was appointed to his bishopric on 6 June 2001 and installed as the fourth Bishop of Wollongong on 25 July 2001.
[9] On 16 March 2007, Ingham dedicated the renovated St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Wollongong, as a sacred place, not previously undertaken by church officials despite over 162 years of service at the location.
Brian Mascord was immediately appointed to succeed Ingham as Bishop of Wollongong[11] and was installed on 22 February 2018.
[12] On 11 March 2020, Archbishop of Perth Timothy Costelloe released a statement confirming Ingham had been appointed apostolic administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Broome after Bishop of Broome Christopher Saunders, who was being investigated by the Vatican for sex abuse allegations, "voluntarily stood aside from the ordinary administration of the diocese.