Diocese of Coimbatore of the Church of South India

Diocese of Coimbatore
Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Church of South India
Statistics
Congregations	105
Members	150000
Information
Cathedral	Immanuel Cathedral, Coimbatore
Secular priests	112
Current leadership
Bishop	Timothy Ravinder

The Diocese of Coimbatore is one of the 22 dioceses of the Anglican Church of South India (CSI).

Antony Watson Brough (1861-1936), a missionary who came to Coimbatore from Australia in 1894, has played a major role in the history of the Diocese, served at Coimbatore for two years, moved to Erode in 1897 and established a hospital in Erode, particularly to look after the health needs of Muslim women. Though the hospital is now called CSI Hospital, it is popularly known as Gosh Hospital. It is next to the church, named in his memory, on Brough Road. He also set up one more hospital in Chennimalai, in memory of his son, who died on the battlefront during World War I. In all, Brough established 94 schools in and around Erode and two hospitals.

The diocese was formed at Brough Memorial Church, Erode, on 27 September 1950.

CSI Coimbatore Diocese is the largest in terms of area, covering the Nilgiri, Coimbatore, Erode, Salem, Namakkal, Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri.

The diocese has 105 pastorates, 112 pastors and a membership of 150,000.

CSI Immanuel church is the cathedral church of the diocese .The church is one among the oldest churches in Coimbatore built in the year of 1830.The church is located in Avinashi road at Gopalapuram. The church underwent a major renovation work in the year 2006.

The construction of the church started in 1930 and it was completed in the year 1933 by Antony Watson Brough. The church was dedicated in 1933 by Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah. Built with lime mortar with egg and the stones were brought from Karur, it is constructed in the Indo-Saracenic style architecture.

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