CMI-St. Joseph's Province

The St Joseph’s Province, Thiruvananthapuram, was spread out over the vast southern area of Kerala coextensive with the area of the Dioceses of Changanacherry and Palai of that time. As activities of the Province became too numerous and the administration too unwieldy, it was bifurcated into two provinces namely St Joseph’s Province, Kottayam and St Joseph’s Province, Thiruvananthapuram in 1979.
            The territory of St Joseph’s Province, Thiruvananthapuram is almost co-extensive with the territory of the Archdiocese of Changanacherry and that of the Diocese of Thuckalay except for part of the Forane of Athirampuzha, Nedumkunnam and Manimala. It geographically comprises the revenue district of Kanyakumari in Tamilnadu and the revenue districts of Thiruvananthapuram, Quilon and significant portions of the revenue districts of Pathanamthitta, Alleppey and Kottayam.
            At present, the area covering the revenue district of Kanyakumari, co-extensive with the Diocese of Thuckalay, is a Sub-Region of the Province. Another Sub-Region of the Province is the Kolkata mission region which comprises the areas of the Archdiocese of Kolkata and of the Diocese of Baruipur.