Diocese of Vellore of the Church of South India
The Diocese of Vellore is one among the 24 dioceses of Church of South India, a United Protestant denomination. The motto chosen for the diocese was "In the Cross of Christ I Glory". Its emblem includes a banyan tree - the tree under which the Scudder brothers prayed before they decided to begin their work in the area of Vellore.
History
The diocese was created by bifurcating the western half of the Diocese of Madras and was officially formed on 26 January 1976. Vellore Diocese is predominantly rural and crosses the state boundaries of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. So Vellore Diocese can be also called a bilingual diocese.Area Councils
- Eastern Area Council - 26 Pastorates
- Central Area Council - 37 Pastorates
- Southern Area Council - 17 Pastorates
- Northern Area Council - 24 Pastorates
Bishops of the diocese
- Sam J. Ponniah
- R. Trinity Baskeran
- Mahimai Rufus
- Y. William
- A. Rajavelu Elected from CSI Christ Church, Gandhinagar, Vellore
- Sharma Nithiyanandam Elected from CSI Christ Church, Gandhinagar, Vellore
Institutions under CSI Vellore Diocese
Church of South India Vellore Diocese has 105 elementary schools, 5 high schools, 5 higher secondary schools, 2 teachers' training institutes, 4 primary schools, 1 arts & science college, 3 Matriculation higher secondary schools, 2 nursing schools and 2 hospitals.;Hospitals
- CSI Hospital, Vandavasi
- Scudder Memorial Hospital, Ranipet
- School of Nursing, Ranipet
- School of Nursing, Vandavasi
- Wyckoff Higher Secondary School, Muttathur
- Voorhees Higher Secondary School, Vellore
- CSI Christ Matriculation School for Girls, Tirupattur
- CSI SIPCOT Matriculation Higher Secondary School
- Voorhees College, Vellore