The C.M.I. Congregation, which had been under the direct administration of the Prior General, was divided into three Provinces on 2nd March 1953 for administrative efficiency. Later on, as members and activities increased, further divisions became necessary. At present the Congregation has thirteen Provinces, and a Mission Region.

The Province covering the vast southern area of Kerala was called St. Joseph’s Province. As activities of the Province became too numerous and the administration too unwieldy, it was bifurcated in 1979 and both the units were named after St. Joseph. One of these units has its headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram and the other has it at Kottayam.

The territory of this Province is almost co-extensive with the territory of the Archdiocese of Changanacherry and that of the Diocese of Thuckalai except some portions of the foranes of Athirampuzha, Nedumkunnam and Manimala. It comprises the revenue district of Kanyakumari in Tamilnadu and the revenue districts of Thiruvananthapuram, Quilon and major portions of the revenue districts of Pathanamthitta, Alleppey & Kottayam in Kerala. At present the area covering the revenue district of Kanyakumari, co-extensive with the Diocese of Thuckalai, is a dependent Subregion of the Province. The boundaries of the two Provinces bearing the name of St. Joseph coincide in the municipal town of Kottayam.

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