Diocese of South Kerala of the Church of South India
Diocese of South Kerala Diocese | |
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| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Headquarters | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Coordinates | 8°30′36″N 76°57′09″E / 8.50988450°N 76.95249760°E |
| Statistics | |
| Congregations | 623 |
| Members | Administrative Secretary (Ad-Hoc): T. T. Praveen |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Church of South India |
| Established | 1959 |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | S. Christopher Vijayan bishop of Kanyakumari Diocese in-charge |
| Website | |
| csiskd | |
South Kerala Diocese is a diocese of the Church of South India which consists of CSI churches in Trivandrum and Kollam districts of Kerala. It is one of the biggest dioceses in the Church of South India, a United Protestant denomination.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. In April 2015, a part of the diocese was removed to form a new diocese, the Kollam-Kottarakkara Diocese. In Kerala, there were, until April 2015, three other CSI Dioceses viz: North Kerala Diocese, Madhya Kerala Diocese, East Kerala Diocese. In 2010, the diocese had 352 ordained pastors, 49 retired pastors and more than 200 church workers. There are 70 districts and 623 churches in this diocese.