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Lister Tonge , AKC (born 23 December 1951) is a Roman Catholic priest and former British Anglican vicar. He was Dean of Monmouth from 2012 until the style of the post was change...

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Lister Tonge, AKC (born 23 December 1951) is a Roman Catholic priest and former British Anglican vicar. He was Dean of Monmouth from 2012 until the style of the post was changed to Dean of Newport in 2018.[1] He retired as Dean in 2020.[2]

Early life and education

Tonge was born on 23 December 1951 in Oldham, Lancashire, England.[3] He was educated at Heywood Grammar School, Salford Grammar School, King's College London and Loyola University Chicago.[4] He is the second child of Edward Tonge and Dorothy Tonge (née Clough).

Ordained ministry

Tonge was ordained as an Anglican in 1975.[5] After a curacy at Liverpool Parish Church he was Precentor of Johannesburg Cathedral from 1978 to 1979. From then until 1991 he was a member of the Community of the Resurrection. He was then resident Chaplain to the Community of St John the Baptist until his appointment as Dean.

He, alongside Archdeacons Jonathan Williams and Ambrose Mason, raised grievances - which they termed "concerns about the well-being" - against the Bishop of Monmouth, Richard Pain. Despite an internal investigation which determined that there was insufficient evidence to proceed with a formal disciplinary tribunal and finding "there was no case to answer", the three men remained unsatisfied. Tonge, Williams and Mason then wrote a letter to the Archbishop, John Davies, and all Welsh bishops expressing how unhappy they were with the outcome. A process of mediation was then put into place, they withdrew from this in December 2018 when a press release from the Church in Wales seemed to confirm the breakdown-in-relationships rumours. Bishop Pain later retired on ill health. The Archbishop, who would not take questions from clergy, claimed in a meeting that the three senior clerics had behaved properly throughout.[6][7][8]

He retired as Dean in 2020.[9]

Tras su conversión al catolicismo, fue ordenado diácono transitorio católico romano el 13 de diciembre de 2023 en la iglesia católica de San Francisco Javier en Everton por el arzobispo Malcolm McMahon OP, arzobispo de Liverpool. Fue ordenado sacerdote por el arzobispo McMahon el 13 de julio de 2024 en la Catedral Metropolitana.

Referencias

  1. ↑ South Wales Argus
  2. ↑ " Directorio clerical de Crockford : El muy reverendo Lister Tonge" . Consultado el 19 de febrero de 2021 .
  3. ↑ "TONGE, Muy Reverendo Lister" . Quién es quién 2017. Oxford University Press. Noviembre de 2016. Consultado el 24 de diciembre de 2016 .
  4. ↑ TONGE, Very Rev. Lister', Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, un sello editorial de Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; edición en línea, Oxford University Press, 2014; edición en línea, noviembre de 2014, consultado el 24 de marzo de 2015
  5. ↑ Crockfords (Londres, Church House, 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
  6. ↑ "La saga que mantuvo al obispo de Monmouth ausente de su cargo durante nueve meses fue declarada 'terminada' por el arzobispo de Gales" . 26 de junio de 2019.
  7. ↑ "El obispo se retira tras nueve meses de ausencia" . 30 de abril de 2019.
  8. ↑ "El obispo de Monmouth se ausenta en medio de una mediación con el equipo" . BBC News . 25 de enero de 2019.
  9. ↑ " Directorio clerical de Crockford : El muy reverendo Lister Tonge" . Consultado el 19 de febrero de 2021 .