Due to doubts about the validity of the consecration of Mar Thoma VIII, Abraham Malpan had some doubts about his own ordination. So when a Jacobite bishop from Syria came, he and two others had themselves reordained by him.
Abraham Malpan questioned the validity of his own ordination following concerns over the consecration of Mar Thoma VIII. In response, a Jacobite bishop from Syria visited, prompting Malpan and two others to seek reordination through him.