Ariyavongsagatanana (Amborn Ambaro)
Somdet Phra Ariyavangsagatayana (Thai: สมเด็จพระอริยวงศาคตญาณ; 26 June 1927), born Amborn Prasatthapong (Thai: อัมพร ประสัตถพงศ์), is the current Supreme Patriarch of Thailand and Superior General of the Dhammayut Order. Ordained as a bhikkhu in 1948 with the Dhamma name of Ambaro (Thai: อมฺพโร). In 2008 he was appointed abbot of Wat Ratchabophit in Bangkok. In 2017 he was appointed Supreme Patriarch by King Vajiralongkorn, succeeding Vajirañāṇasaṃvara who died in 2013.
Somdet Phra Ariyavongsagatanana IX Somdet Phra Saṅgharāja Sakalamahāsaṅghapariṇāyaka | |
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สมเด็จพระอริยวงศาคตญาณ | |
Somdet Phra Ariyavongsagatanana in 2017 | |
| 20th Supreme Patriarch of Thailand | |
| Assumed office 7 February 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Vajirañāṇasaṃvara |
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| Born | Amborn Prasatthapong 26 June 1927 Mueang Ratchaburi, Ratchaburi, Thailand |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Nationality | Thai |
| School | Theravada |
| Other names | Amborn Ambaro |
| Dharma names | Ambaro |
| Signature | |
| Temple | Wat Ratchabophit |
| Order | Dhammayuttika Nikaya |
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