Somdet Phra Ariyavongsagatanana IX Somdet Phra Saṅgharāja Sakalamahāsaṅghapariṇāyaka | |
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สมเด็จพระอริยวงศาคตญาณ | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A8%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%8D%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%93_(68).jpg) 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 |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Nationality | Thai |
| School | Theravada |
| Other names | Amborn Ambaro |
| Dharma names | Ambaro |
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| Organization | |
| Temple | Wat Ratchabophit |
| Order | Dhammayuttika Nikaya |
Somdet Phra Ariyavangsagatayana IX (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.