Diocese of Kanyakumari of the Church of South India
The Diocese of Kanyakumari 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.
| 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 |
| Website | |
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