William Ingraham Kip (October 3, 1811 – April 7, 1893) was an American Protestant Episcopal bishop.

[2] After briefly studying law, Kip turned to a clerical calling and graduated from the General Theological Seminary in 1835.

On arriving in San Francisco, Kip had only two congregations under his charge, but the Episcopal population soon began to grow as immigrants from the East streamed into California.

Kip was noted for his Episcopalian Catholicism, which he considered as a means of raising the spiritual sights of California's urban centers.

[9] He also promoted the idea of "Grace Cathedral" for San Francisco, which was also advanced by his successor, William F.