St. Joseph Pontifical Seminary, Mangalapuzha, Aluva, Kerala, India, is the largest major seminary of the Syro-Malabar Church of the St. Thomas Christians and one of the largest major seminaries in the world. It has a history of more than five hundred years and could be considered as the continuation of several seminaries. The present seminary started to function at Mangalapuzha in 1932 as an inter-ritual seminary. It gave formation for the priest candidates of all the dioceses of Kerala and from many different religious congregations. From 1996 onwards the seminary started functioning as the Syro-Malabar Major Seminary.