Diocese of Kanyakumari of the Church of South India

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Diocese of Kanyakumari
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Location
Country India
Ecclesiastical province Church of South India
HeadquartersDiocesan Office, Nagercoil
Statistics
Congregations562
Members4,91,762
Information
EstablishedJune 2, 1959
Cathedral CSI Mylaudy
LanguageTamil, English, Malayalam
Current leadership
BishopA. R. Chelliah [1]
Website
www.csikkd.org

Kanyakumari Diocese is one of the 24 dioceses under the Church of South India, a United Protestant denomination. The diocese was constituted on 2 June 1959. The South Travancore Diocese was bifurcated into the Kanyakumari Diocese and the South Kerala Diocese in 1959. and the I.R.H. Gnanadason was the first Bishop of the Kanyakumari Diocese. [2]

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London Mission Nagercoil Seminary (London Missionary Society, 1869, p.15) Nagercoil Seminary (LMS, 1869, p.15).jpg
London Mission Nagercoil Seminary (London Missionary Society, 1869, p.15)

Present status

The diocese has a membership of 4,91,762 people and has assets, funds and savings of about Rs. 600 crores. The diocese has managed various mission hospitals, schools and colleges built in the early 1800s.

Bishops of the diocese

  1. 1959–1973: I.R.H. Gnanadason (consecrated 19 December 1959) [2]
  2. 1973–1979: C. Selvamony
  3. 1980–1997: G. Christhudhas
  4. 1997–2000: M. I. Kesari
  5. 2000–2018: Gnanasigamony Devakadasham
  6. 2019–present: AR Chelliah [1]

Institutions under Kanyakumari Diocese

Higher Secondary Schools

Matriculation School

High Schools

Middle Schools

Primary School

Special School

Arts College

Teacher’s Training Institute

Polytechnic College & I.T.I

College of Nursing & Physiotheraphy

Engineering College

Hospitals

Lace Industries

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