Diocese of Kanyakumari of the Church of South India: Difference between revisions

Diocese 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.^[1]

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.

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, schools and colleges built in the early 1800s. and churches

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

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

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

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

• Kanyakumari Theological seminary college, Muttom, kanyakumari.