Vajirañāṇasaṃvara
Somdet Phra Sangharaja Chao Krommaluang Vajirañāṇasaṃvara | |
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Krommaluang Vajirañāṇasaṃvara in 2010 | |
| 19th Supreme Patriarch of Thailand | |
| In office 21 April 1989 – 24 October 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Jinavaralongkorn |
| Succeeded by | Ariyavongsagatanana (Amborn Ambaro) |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Charoen Khotchawat 3 October 1913 Kanchanaburi, Thailand |
| Died | 24 October 2013 (aged 100) King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Nationality | Thai |
| Other names | Charoen Suvaḍḍhano Somdet Phra Yannasangwon Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana |
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| Religious life | |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Temple | Wat Bowonniwet Vihara |
| Order | Dhammayuttika Nikaya |
| School | Theravada |
| Dharma names | Suvaḍḍhano |
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Somdet Phra Sangharaja Chao Krommaluang Vajirañāṇasaṃvara[a] (Thai: สมเด็จพระสังฆราชเจ้า กรมหลวงวชิรญาณสังวร; RTGS: Somdet Phra Sangkharat Chao Kromma Luang Wachirayannasangwon; 3 October 1913 – 24 October 2013), né Charoen Khachawat (Thai: เจริญ คชวัตร) and dharma name Suvaḍḍhano (Thai: สุวฑฺฒโน), was the 19th Supreme Patriarch of Thailand. He was appointed to the position in 1989 by King Bhumibol Adulyadej. He turned 100 in October 2013, and died later that month.