Diocese of Kanyakumari of the Church of South India information
Indian diocese
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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[1]
Website
www.csikkd.org
Kanyakumari Diocese is one of the 24 dioceses under the Church of South India. 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]
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