Diocese of Kanyakumari of the Church of South India
CSI Diocese of Kanyakumari | |
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| 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 | Rt. Rev. Dr. S. Christopher Vijayan |
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CSI Kanyakumari Diocese | |
| Website | |
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established, founded.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.