[6] In the Association meeting held at Kottayam Old Seminary[7] on 21 October 1869, presided by Malankara Metropolitan Palakkunnath Mathews Athanasius, Thazhath Chacko Chandypillai was elected as the first priest trustee.
[8] During the Association meeting held from 11 to 13 September 1886 at Kottayam Old Seminary which was presided by Malankara Metropolitan Dionysius V, Konat Kora Yohannan was elected as the priest trustee.
[9] From 21 to 23 November 1895, a meeting of the Association convened at the Old Seminary chaired by Dionysius V during which Konat Kora Mathen Malpan[9] was elected as the priest trustee.
Following the removal of Konat Kora Mathen Malpan from trusteeship, the Association meeting held on 7 September 1911 at Kottayam M. D. Seminary elected Palappallil Mani Paulose as the priest trustee.
The Association meeting held at Puthencavu St. Mary's Church on 26 December 1958, presided by Baselios Geevarghese II elected Manalil Yakob as the priest trustee.
Yakob who had served as secretary to Malankara Metropolitan Vattasseril Dionyius VI during 1925-1934 thus received the interest of Vattipanam (Trust Fund) before and after becoming the priest trustee.
After the resignation of Manalil Yakob kathanar, the Malankara Association meeting which convened at Kottayam M. D. Seminary presided by Baselios Augen I elected Thengumthottathil Very T. S. Abraham Cor-Episcopa as the priest trustee.
He remained stalwart at the side of the Malankara Metropolitan and played a major role in leading the Church safely through a period of several litigations.
On 28 December 1982, the Malankara Association meeting held at M. G. M. School, Thiruvalla presided by Baselios MarThoma Mathews I elected Konat Abraham Malpan as the priest trustee.
On 10 June 2004, the Association meeting held at Parumala Seminary presided by Baselios MarThoma Mathews II elected O. Thomas[11] as the priest trustee.
An authority on Church Canons, Liturgy and Syriac language, Johns Abraham Konat also serves as a professor at the Old Seminary.