Diocese of Kanyakumari of the Church of South India

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CSI Diocese of Kanyakumari
CSI Kanyakumari Diocese Logo.png
Location
Country India
Ecclesiastical province Church of South India
HeadquartersDiocesan Office, Nagercoil
Statistics
Congregations562
Members4,91,762
Information
EstablishedJune 2, 1959
Cathedral CSI Mylaudy
Language Tamil, English, Malayalam
Current leadership
Bishop Rt. Rev. Dr. S. Christopher Vijayan
Map
Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu (India).svg
CSI Kanyakumari Diocese
Website
www.csikkd.org

Kanyakumari Diocese is one of the 24 dioceses under the Church of South India, a United Protestant denomination. which consists of CSI churches in Kanyakumari District. The diocese was constituted on 2 June 1959. Anglican diocese established in 1879, later becoming part of the Church of South India (CSI). The South Travancore Diocese was bifurcated into the Kanyakumari Diocese and the South Kerala Diocese in 1959, Arnold Legg who was the Bishop of South Travancore Diocese since 1937, continued to serve as the Bishop of South Kerala Diocese. I.R.H. Gnanadason was the first Bishop of the Kanyakumari Diocese. [1]

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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)
The Jubilee Hospital, Neyoor (p.322, 1891), London Missionary Society The Jubilee Hospital, Neyoor (p.322, 1891) - Copy.jpg
The Jubilee Hospital, Neyoor (p.322, 1891), London Missionary Society

South Travancore Diocese

The Rt. Rev. A. H. Legg was consecrated on 27-09-1947 and installed as the first Bishop of the South Travancore Diocese on 13-10-1947. The present Kanyakumari district was historically part of the erstwhile Travancore State. Kanyakumari district Tamil speaking was transferred to Madras State on 1 November 1956. Due to that, The South Travancore Diocese was bifurcated into the Kanyakumari Diocese(Tamil Nadu) and the south Kerala Diocese(Kerala) in 1959.

Present status

The diocese has a membership of 5,91,762 people and has assets, funds and savings of above Rs. 800 crores. The diocese has managed various mission hospitals, Paddy fields, land assess, schools and colleges built in the early 1800s. and churches

Missionaries

Bishops of the diocese

Travancore diocese

Kanyakumari diocese

  1. 1959–1973: I.R.H. Gnanadason (consecrated on 19 December 1959) [1]
  2. 1973–1979: C. Selvamony
  3. 1980–1997: G. Christhudhas
  4. 1997–2000: M. I. Kesari
  5. 2000–2018: Gnanasigamony Devakadasham
  6. 2019–(07-07-2025): A. R. Chelliah
  7. from 07-12-2025 : S. Christopher Vijayan [7]

Institutions under Kanyakumari Diocese

School's

Higher Secondary Schools

Matriculation School

High Schools

Middle Schools

Primary School

Special School

College's

Arts College

Teacher’s Training Institute

Polytechnic College & I.T.I

College of Nursing & Physiotheraphy

Engineering College

Hospitals

Lace Industries

Theological seminary

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Who We Are".
  2. 1 2 London Missionary Society, ed. (1869). Fruits of Toil in the London Missionary Society. London: John Snow & Co. p. 58. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Vethamanikam the first christian in kanyakumari". tamil.wiki/wiki/மகாராஜன்_வேதமாணிக்கம்.
  4. ↑ "mead iyer in kanyakumari". kanyakumaritourism.com/Education.
  5. ↑ "charles mault in kanyakumari". tamil.wiki/wiki/சார்ல்ஸ்_மால்ட்.
  6. ↑ https://wccnagercoil.edu.in/college-history/
  7. ↑ ( "CSI - Church of South India". kanyakumari.csi1947.com.
  8. ↑ "Home". SCOTT CHRISTIAN COLLEGE (Autonomous).
  9. ↑ https://www.nmcc.ac.in/ [ bare URL ]
  10. ↑ "Women's Christian College, Chennai - Grade A+ Autonomous Institution". Women's Christian College.
  11. ↑ "Christian College of Education". www.christiancollegeofeducation.edu.in.
  12. ↑ "Christian College of Physical Education". www.ccpe.co.in.
  13. ↑ "Moderator Gnanadason Polytechnic College, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari, Self Finance Polytechnic Colleges in Kanyakumari, Polytechnic Colleges in Kanyakumari".
  14. ↑ "vm-csi-polytechnic.org - vm csi polytechnic Resources and Information". www.vm-csi-polytechnic.org.
  15. ↑ http://ccnneyyoor.com/ [ bare URL ]
  16. ↑ "CSI Nursing College". csicnm.in.
  17. ↑ https://www.christiancsicollege.com/ [ bare URL ]
  18. ↑ "C.S.I Institute of Technology". www.csiit.ac.in.
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