Diocese of Kanyakumari
Location
CountryIndia
Ecclesiastical provinceChurch of South India
Statistics
Congregations562
Members4,91,762
Information
EstablishedJune 2, 1959
CathedralCSI Mylaudy
LanguageTamil
Current leadership
BishopA. R. Chelliah
Website
www.csikkd.org

The Diocese of Kanyakumari is one of the 24 dioceses under the Church of South India. The diocese was constituted on 2 June 1959.

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

Institutions

Higher Secondary Schools

  • Ringeltaube 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
  • C.S.I. Higher Secondary School, Jamestown
  • C.S.I. Higher Secondary School, Christucoil
  • C.S.I. Higher Secondary School, Kadamalaikuntu
  • C.S.I. Higher Secondary School, Zionpuram
  • C.S.I. Higher Secondary School, 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
  • CSI 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 | Web: www.scottchristian.org
  • Nesamony Memorial Christian College, Marthandam | Web: www.nmcc.ac.in
  • Women’s Christian College, Nagercoil | Web : www.wccngl.com
  • Christian College of Education, Marthandam | Web: www.christiancollegeofeducation.edu.in
  • C.S.I. College of Physical Education, Scott College Campus, Nagercoil | Web : Www.Ccpe.Co.In

Teacher’s Training Institute

  • C.S.I. Teacher’s Training Institute, Irenepuram | Web: www.csivvtti.org

Polytechnic College & I.T.I

  • Moderator Gnanadason Polytechnic College, Nagercoil
  • C.S.I. Vethamonickam Memorial CSI Polytechnic College, Viricode, Marthandam | Web: www.vm-csi-polytechnic.org
  • C.S.I. Motor Mechanic Training Centre, Nagercoil
  • C.S.I. I.T.I., Kaliayakkavilai

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 | Web: www.ccnneyyoor.org
  • C.S.I. Christian College of Nursing, Marthandam
  • C.S.I. Christian College Of Physiotheraphy, Colachel

Engineering College

  • C.S.I. Institute Of Technology,Thovalai | www.csiit.ac.in

Hospitals

  • CSI Mission Hospital, Nagercoil
  • CSI Mission Hospital, Marthandam
  • CSI Medical Mission Hospital, Neyyoor
  • International Cancer Centre, Neyyoor
  • CSI Mission Hospital, Karungal
  • CSI 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

See also

References

  1. ↑ London Missionary Society, ed. (1869). Fruits of Toil in the London Missionary Society. London: John Snow & Co. p. 58. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  2. ↑ http://14.139.116.20:8080/jspui/bitstream/10603/231420/6/07_chapter1.pdf
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