Education
Tonge was educated at Heywood Grammar School, Salford Grammar School, King"s College London and Loyola University Chicago. And ordained in 1976.
Tonge was educated at Heywood Grammar School, Salford Grammar School, King"s College London and Loyola University Chicago. And ordained in 1976.
After a curacy at Liverpool Parish Church he was Precentor of Johannesburg Cathedral from 1978 to 1979. From then until 199i he was at the Community of the Resurrection. He was then Chaplain to the Chaplain to the Community of Street John the Baptist until his appointment as Dean.