Church Verification Report
What we checked
- Not a duplicate: no similarly named church is listed with us
- The name resembles a personal name or title; weighed in the review
- Contact email reviewed (gmail.com, common for small churches)
- No website or social page was provided
- Independent web search performed: see the findings on the right
What we found
We confirmed that the CSI Coimbatore Diocese is a long-established, well-documented body: it is one of the dioceses of the Church of South India, a United Protestant denomination (Wikipedia), with its office listed at 256 Race Course, Coimbatore 641 018, phone 0422-2223605, email csibpcbe@gmail.com (its own contact page and the older diocesan site csicdc.org). We found two active diocesan websites, a YouTube channel, schools, hospitals and an engineering college run by the diocesan council (csice.edu.in), plus repeated coverage in The Hindu. The contact name matches the current leader: Wikipedia lists S. Prince Calvin as bishop from 23 December 2025. Warning: the diocese has a history of controversy, including criminal cases against diocesan officials over alleged misappropriation of funds and illegal property sales, and a 2024 police case against Prince Calvin over a sermon deemed defamatory to another religion (Swarajya, The Commune).
Our conclusion: The CSI Coimbatore Diocese is a well-documented diocese of the Church of South India, with an active official website at csicoimbatorediocese.com, a listed office at 256 Race Course, Coimbatore, and institutions including schools, a hospital and an engineering college. Independent sources confirm that S. Prince Calvin is the current bishop, matching the contact person given on this signup. The Church of South India is a mainstream united Protesta
No further action is needed. This report is refreshed whenever the church is reviewed again.