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Diocese of Kanyakumari of the Church of South India

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Location
CountryIndia
Ecclesiastical provinceChurch of South India
HeadquartersDiocesan Office, Nagercoil
Statistics
Congregations562
Members4,91,762
Information
EstablishedJune 2, 1959
CathedralCSI 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]

London Mission Nagercoil Seminary (London Missionary Society, 1869, p.15)[3]

Present status

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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

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  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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b https://kanyakumari.csi1947.com/ [bare URL]
  2. ^ a b "Who We Are".
  3. ^ London Missionary Society, ed. (1869). Fruits of Toil in the London Missionary Society. London: John Snow & Co. p. 58. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  4. ^ https://scott.ac.in/ [bare URL]
  5. ^ https://www.nmcc.ac.in/ [bare URL]
  6. ^ https://wcc.edu.in/ [bare URL]
  7. ^ https://www.christiancollegeofeducation.edu.in/ [bare URL]
  8. ^ http://www.ccpe.co.in/ [bare URL]
  9. ^ "Moderator Gnanadason Polytechnic College, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari, Self Finance Polytechnic Colleges in Kanyakumari, Polytechnic Colleges in Kanyakumari".
  10. ^ http://www.vm-csi-polytechnic.org [bare URL]
  11. ^ http://ccnneyyoor.com/ [bare URL]
  12. ^ http://csicnm.in/ [bare URL]
  13. ^ https://www.christiancsicollege.com/ [bare URL]
  14. ^ https://www.csiit.ac.in/ [bare URL]
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