Ariyavongsagatanana (Amborn Ambaro)
Ariyavongsagatanana IX | |
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สมเด็จพระอริยวงศาคตญาณ | |
Ariyavongsagatanana IX in 2017 | |
| 20th Supreme Patriarch of Thailand | |
| Assumed office 7 February 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Vajirañāṇasaṃvara |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Amborn Prasatthapong 26 June 1927 Ratchaburi, Siam |
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| Religious life | |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Temple | Wat Ratchabophit |
| Order | Dhammayuttika Nikaya |
| School | Theravada |
| Dharma names | Ambaro |
Somdet Phra Ariyavongsagatanana (born Amborn Prasatthapong; 26 June 1927), Dharma name Amborn Ambaro, is a Thai Theravada Buddhist monk (bhikkhu) who is the 20th supreme patriarch of Thailand and superior general of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya. 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.