Somdet Kiaw

Somdet Phra Buddhacarya (Kiaw Uppaseno)
Somdet Kiaw in a procession
Religion	Buddhism
School	Theravada, Maha Nikaya
Other names	Somdet Kiaw
Dharma names	Uppaseno
Personal
Nationality	Thai
Born	(1928-03-03)March 3, 1928 Koh Samui, Surat Thani, Thailand
Died	August 10, 2013(2013-08-10) (aged 85)
Senior posting
Title	Phra Medhisudhibongsa (1958) Phra Rajavisuddhimedhi (1962) Phra Debgunabhorn (1964) Phra Dharmagunabhorn (1971) Phra Brahmagunabhorn (1973) Somdet Phra Buddhacarya (1989)

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Buḍḍhacarya (Thai: สมเด็จพระพุฒาจารย์^[a]; rtgs: Phutthachan), dharma name Upaseṇo^[b] (Thai: อุปเสโณ; rtgs: Uppaseno), born as Kiaw Chokchai (Thai: เกี่ยว โชคชัย; rtgs: Kiao Chokchai), and commonly known as Somdet Kiaw (Thai: สมเด็จเกี่ยว; "His Holiness Kiaw"), was a Thai prelate who was the abbot of Wat Saket and the Acting Supreme Patriarch of Thailand, the effective leader of all Buddhist monks in Thailand.^[1] He was appointed Acting Supreme Patriarch in 2005 due to the failing health of the incumbent Supreme Patriarch Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana. He was a monk of the Mahanikaya order, and is of Thai Chinese descent.^[2][3] His appointment provoked severe criticism from Luang Ta Maha Bua (of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya order) and Sondhi Limthongkul, who claimed that the appointment created two Supreme Patriarchs and contravened the royal prerogative of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.^[4] On 4 March 2005, Maha Bua even petitioned King Bhumibol Adulyadej to remove all of Kiaw's royal titles.^[5]

References

1. ↑ "Somdej Kiew dies at 85 | Bangkok Post: breakingnews". Bangkok Post. 1928-03-03. Retrieved 2013-08-10. 
2. ↑ About MPV
3. ↑ ทำไมต้องไหว้พระเก้าวัด
4. ↑ The Bangkok Post, "Monastic feud could lead to a schism", 5 March 2005
5. ↑ ผู้จัดการรายวัน, ถวายฎีกาถอดสมเด็จเกี่ยว, 4 มีนาคม 2548

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