Tags: Clerical Administrative Region, Diocese.
The Diocese of Vellore is one among the 22 dioceses of Church of South India.The motto chosen for the Diocese was In the Cross of Christ I Glory (based on Galatians chapter 6 verse 14).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.