 As treasurer, Ralph is credited with the repair and ornamentation of St. Patricks, leading it to be converted into a full cathedral - St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.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.In 1223, he was consecrated bishop of Kildare, the first Englishman to take the role.