Ralph of Bristol (died 24 August 1232), also known as Radulphus de Bristollia, was the bishop of Kildare.
[2] Ralph was also a clerk of William de Payvo, bishop of Glendalough, from whom he received half the church of Salmonleap, with a pension of half a mark from Conephy.
[4] After him, there was a line of English and Anglo-Irish bishops which carried on for 200 years.
[1] Kildare Cathedral was at this time in near ruins and Ralph is credited with rebuilding it.
[5] Henry of London gave Ralph the task to write the biography of St. Laurence O'Toole, the archbishop of Dublin, collecting together all evidence of his sanctity and miracles to allow for the saint's beatification and canonization.