Diocese of Kanyakumari of the Church of South India explained
| Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
| Kanyakumari |
| Country: | India |
| Province: | Church of South India |
| Congregations: | 562 |
| Members: | 4,91,762 |
| Bishop: | A. R. Chelliah |
| Founded: | 1809 at Mylaudy |
| Established: | June 2, 1959 |
| Headquarters: | Diocesan Office, Nagercoil |
| Language: | Tamil, English, Malayalam |
Kanyakumari Diocese is one of the 24 dioceses under the Church of South India. 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 was the first Bishop of the Kanyakumari Diocese.[1]
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
- 1959–1973: I.R.H. Gnanadason (consecrated 19 December 1959)
- 1973–1979: C. Selvamony
- 1980–1997: G. Christhudhas
- 1997–2000: M. I. Kesari
- 2000–2018: Gnanasigamony Devakadasham
- 2019–present: AR Chelliah[2]
Institutions under Kanyakumari Diocese
Higher Secondary Schools
- Ringletaube Higher Secondary School, Mylaudy Scott Christian Higher Secondary School for Boys, Nagercoil
- Duthie Higher Secondary School for Girls, Nagercoil
- Home church girls Higher Secondary School, Nagercoil
- C.S.I. Higher Secondary School for Girls, Neyyoor C.S.I. Higher Secondary School for Girls, Marthandam
- C.S.I. Higher Secondary School for Boys, Marthandam
- C.S.I. Higher Secondary School, Mathicode
- L.M.S. Higher Secondary School, James town
- C.S.I. Higher Secondary School, Christucoil
- C.S.I. Higher Secondary School, Kadamalaikuntu
- C.S.I. Higher Secondary School, Zionpuram
- L.M.S. Higher Secondary School, South Thamaraikulam
- C.S.I. V.V. Higher Secondary School, Irenepuram
- C.S.I. Higher Secondary School, Venkanji
- Hacker Memorial Higher Secondary School, Neyyoor
Matriculation School
- C.S.I. Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Nagercoil
High Schools
- C.S.I. High School for Girls, Santhapuram
- C.S.I. V. V. High School for Girls, Irenepuram
Middle Schools
- Middle School, Kannangulam
- Middle School, Levinchipuram
- Middle School, Eathamozhi
- Middle School, Corrimony
Primary School
- Duthie Tamil Primary School, Nagercoil
- Duthie Tamil Nursery School, Nagercoil
- Morton (Scott) English Primary School, Nagercoil
- C.S.I. Christ Tamil Primary School, Kamarajapuram
- Sishu Bhavan, Nagercoil
Special School
- C.S.I. School for the Deaf, Kottaram
- School for the Visually Handicapped, Irenepuram
- Bishop Gnanadason Arivu Illam, Kotticode at Chithiramcode.
- C.S.I. School for Mentally Retarded, Alancode
Arts College
Teacher’s Training Institute
- C.S.I. Teacher’s Training Institute, Irenepuram
Polytechnic College & I.T.I
College of Nursing & Physiotheraphy
Engineering College
Hospitals
Lace Industries
See also
Notes and References
- https://csiskd.com/who-we-are/#:~:text=The%20South%20Travancore%20Diocese%20was,returned%20to%20England%20in%201965.
- https://kanyakumari.csi1947.com/
- https://scott.ac.in/
- https://www.nmcc.ac.in/
- https://wcc.edu.in/
- https://www.christiancollegeofeducation.edu.in/
- http://www.ccpe.co.in/
- http://www.colleges-in-tamilnadu.com/colleges/1229/Moderator-Gnanadason-Polytechnic-College.html
- http://www.vm-csi-polytechnic.org
- http://ccnneyyoor.com/
- http://csicnm.in/
- https://www.christiancsicollege.com/
- https://www.csiit.ac.in/
