Mar Theophilus Training College owes its existence to the farsighted vision of the late Archbishop Benedict Mar Gregorios of Trivandrum. It is one of the Malankara Syrian Catholic colleges established and administered by the Metropolitan Archbishop of Trivandrum, in accordance with the rights of the minority community guaranteed in the constitution of India. Moran Mor Baselios Cleemis Catholicos, Major Archbishop of Trivandrum is the patron to the college. Dr. Joseph Mar Thomas, Aux. Bishop of Trivandrum and Apostolic Visitator to North America and Europe, is the co-patron of the college. The college functions under the support of James Paravila and Samuel Kattukallil the Vicar Generals of the Archdiocese of Trivandrum. The college started functioning in 1956 as an affiliated College to th