Somdet Kiaw

{{Short description|Abbot of Wat Saket and acting Supreme Patriarch of Thailand}} {{Expand language|topic=|langcode=Th|otherarticle=สมเด็จพระพุฒาจารย์ (เกี่ยว อุปเสโณ)|date=May 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox religious biography | name = Somdet Kiaw | native_name = สมเด็จเกี่ยว | native_name_lang = th | image = นายกรัฐมนตรี เป็นผู้กราบนมัสการถวายรายงานต่อสมเด็จพระพ - Flickr - Abhisit Vejjajiva (18).jpg | alt = | caption = | religion = Buddhism | denomination = | school = Theravāda | lineage = | sect = | subsect = | temple = Wat Saket | order = Mahā Nikāya | institute = | founder = | philosophy = | known_for = | education = | alma_mater = | dharma_names = {{lang|pi|Upaseṇo|italic=no}} | monastic_name = Somdet Phra Buḍhācārya | pen_name = | posthumous_name = | nationality =  | flourished = | home_town = | birth_name = Kiaw Chokchai | birth_date = {{birth date|1929|03|03|df=y}} | birth_place = Koh Samui, Surat Thani, Siam | death_date = {{death date and age|2013|08|10|1929|03|03|df=y}} | death_place = Bangkok, Thailand | death_cause = | resting_place = | parents = | mother = | father = | location = | title = | period = | consecration = | predecessor = | successor = | reason = | rank = | teacher = | reincarnation_of = | students =  | initiated = | works =  | ordination = | initiation = | initiation_date = | initiation_place = | initiator = | profession = | previous_post = | present_post = | post = | website =  | signature = | background =  }} '''Somdet Kiaw''' (3 March 1929{{snd}}10 August 2013) was a Thai Buddhist monk who served as the abbot of Wat Saket and the acting Supreme Patriarch of Thailand.<ref>{{cite web|title=Somdej Kiew dies at 85|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/363981/somdej-kiew-dies-at-85|website=Bangkok Post|date=10 August 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230921195455/https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/363981/somdej-kiew-dies-at-85|archive-date=21 September 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Somdej Kiew dies at 85: Wat Saket abbot succumbs to blood infection|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/364059/somdej-kiew-dies-aged-85|website=Bangkok Post|date=11 August 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230921195444/https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/364059/somdej-kiew-dies-aged-85|archive-date=21 September 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Name== Somdet Kiaw ({{langx|th|สมเด็จเกี่ยว}}; {{RTGS|Somdet Kiao}}) was born '''Kiaw Chokchai''' ({{langx|th|เกี่ยว โชคชัย}}). His Dhamma name, in the Pali language, was '''Upaseṇo''' ({{langx|th|อุปเสโณ}}), and his highest monastic title was '''Somdet Phra Buḍhācārya''' ({{langx|th|สมเด็จพระพุฒาจารย์}}; {{RTGS|Somdet Phra Phuthachan}}). His previous monastic titles were as follows:

*Phra Medhisuddhibongsa ({{langx|th|พระเมธีสุทธิพงศ์|link=no}}), 1958 *Phra Rajavisuddhimedhi ({{langx|th|พระราชวิสุทธิเมธี|link=no}}), 1962 *Phra Debgunabhorn ({{langx|th|พระเทพคุณาภรณ์|link=no}}), 1964 *Phra Dharmagunabhorn ({{langx|th|พระธรรมคุณาภรณ์|link=no}}), 1971 *Phra Brahmagunabhorn ({{langx|th|พระพรหมคุณาภรณ์|link=no}}), 1973

==Acting Supreme Patriarch== Somdet Kiaw 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 was of Thai Chinese descent.<ref>[http://www.mahapanya.ac.th/thai/MPV/ About MPV]</ref><ref>[http://intranet.prd.go.th/journal/content.php?No=1324 ทำไมต้องไหว้พระเก้าวัด]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 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.<ref>The Bangkok Post, [http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=70,854,0,0,1,0 "Monastic feud could lead to a schism"], 5 March 2005</ref> On 4 March 2005, Maha Bua even petitioned King Bhumibol Adulyadej to remove all of Kiaw's royal titles.<ref>ผู้จัดการรายวัน, [http://www.numtan.com/nineboard/view.php?id=3260 ถวายฎีกาถอดสมเด็จเกี่ยว] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714211249/http://www.numtan.com/nineboard/view.php?id=3260 |date=2011-07-14 }}, 4 มีนาคม 2548</ref>

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