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Diocese of Kanyakumari of the Church of South India

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.

South Travancore Diocese

The last LMS missionary was Rt Rev A H Legg in 1947. After this the South India United Church joined with the Anglican and Methodist Churches to form the Church of South India (CSI).

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

  • Arnold Legg (27 September 1947 - until 19 December 1959)

Kanyakumari diocese

  1. 1959–1973: I.R.H. Gnanadason (consecrated on 19 December 1959)
  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): Anantha Rayappan Chelliah
  7. from 07-12-2025 : S. Christopher Vijayan

Institutions under Kanyakumari Diocese

School's

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
  • L.M.S. Higher Secondary School, Christucoil, Palliyadi
  • 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

  • L.M.S. Primary School, Christucoil, Palliyadi
  • 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

College's

Arts College

Teacher’s Training Institute

  • C.S.I. Teacher’s Training Institute, Irenepuram

Polytechnic College & I.T.I

College of Nursing & Physiotheraphy

  • C.S.I. School of Nursing, Neyyoor
  • C.S.I. School of Nursing, Marthandam
  • C.S.I. Christian College of Nursing, Neyyoor
  • C.S.I. Christian College of Nursing, Marthandam
  • C.S.I. Christian College Of Physiotherapy, Colachel
  • C.S.I. College of Nursing, Vadaseri, Nagercoil

Engineering College

Hospitals

Lace Industries

Theological seminary

  • Kanyakumari Theological seminary college, Muttom, kanyakumari.

See also

References

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