Diocese of Kanyakumari of the Church of South India

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Diocese of Kanyakumari


Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Church of South India
Headquarters	Diocesan Office, Nagercoil
Statistics
Congregations	562
Members	4,91,762
Information
Established	June 2, 1959
Cathedral	CSI Mylaudy
Language	Tamil, English, Malayalam
Current leadership
Bishop	A. R. Chelliah
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.

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

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
L.M.S. 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

Scott Christian College, Nagercoil
Nesamony Memorial Christian College, Marthandam
Women’s Christian College, Nagercoil
Christian College of Education, Marthandam
C.S.I. College of Physical Education, Scott College Campus, Nagercoil

Teacher’s Training Institute

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

Polytechnic College & I.T.I

Moderator Gnanadason Polytechnic College, Nagercoil
C.S.I. Vethamonickam Memorial CSI Polytechnic College, Viricode, Marthandam
C.S.I. Motor Mechanic Training Centre, Nagercoil
C.S.I. I.T.I., Kaliyakkavilai

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 Physiotheraphy, Colachel

Engineering College

CSI Institute of Technology, Thovalai

Hospitals

C.S.I. Mission Hospital, Nagercoil
C.S.I. Mission Hospital, Marthandam
C.S.I. Medical Mission Hospital, Neyyoor
International Cancer Centre, Neyyoor
C.S.I. Mission Hospital, Karungal
C.S.I. Mission Hospital, Kulasekharam
C.P.M. Leprosy Hospital, Udayarvilai, Colachel

Lace Industries

C.S.I. Lace & Embroidery Industry, Nagercoil
C.S.I. Embroidery Industry, Neyyoor
C.S.I. Embroidery Industry, Marthandam

References

^ https://kanyakumari.csi1947.com/
^ "Who We Are".
London Missionary Society, ed. (1869). Fruits of Toil in the London Missionary Society. London: John Snow & Co. p. 58. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
https://scott.ac.in/
https://www.nmcc.ac.in/
https://wcc.edu.in/
https://www.christiancollegeofeducation.edu.in/
http://www.ccpe.co.in/
"Moderator Gnanadason Polytechnic College, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari, Self Finance Polytechnic Colleges in Kanyakumari, Polytechnic Colleges in Kanyakumari".
http://www.vm-csi-polytechnic.org
http://ccnneyyoor.com/
http://csicnm.in/
https://www.christiancsicollege.com/
https://www.csiit.ac.in/

External links

Official website

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