Abbot of Wat Saket and acting Supreme Patriarch of Thailand
Somdet Kiaw
สมเด็จเกี่ยว
Personal
Born
Kiaw Chokchai
(1928-03-03)3 March 1928
Koh Samui, Surat Thani, Siam
Died
10 August 2013(2013-08-10) (aged 85)
Bangkok, Thailand
Religion
Buddhism
School
Theravāda
Dharma names
Upaseṇo
Monastic name
Somdet Phra Buḍhācārya
Organization
Temple
Wat Saket
Order
Mahā Nikāya
Somdet Kiaw (3 March 1928 – 10 August 2013) was a Thai Buddhist monk who served as the abbot of Wat Saket and the acting Supreme Patriarch of Thailand.[1][2]
^"Somdej Kiew dies at 85". Bangkok Post. 10 August 2013. Archived from the original on 21 September 2023.
^"Somdej Kiew dies at 85: Wat Saket abbot succumbs to blood infection". Bangkok Post. 11 August 2013. Archived from the original on 21 September 2023.
SomdetKiaw (3 March 1928 – 10 August 2013) was a Thai Buddhist monk who served as the abbot of Wat Saket and the acting Supreme Patriarch of Thailand...
SomdetKiaw Upaseṇo was appointed acting Supreme Patriarch, an office that he held until his death in 2013. After the death of SomdetKiaw, Somdet Chuang...
the 1990s and 2000s. After the deaths of Somdet Phra Yanasangworn and caretaker SomdetKiaw in 2013, Somdet Chuang became the acting Supreme Patriarch...
Kyiv KiEw (band), a German band An alternate spelling of the name of SomdetKiaw, the Acting Supreme Patriarch of Thailand An alternate spelling of Kyiv...
Buddhist reformer, Buddhadasa Bhikkhu and the former abbot of Wat Saket, SomdetKiaw. The Peranakans in Phuket are noted for their nine-day vegetarian festival...
Mahathera. Brahm was ordained in Bangkok at the age of twenty-three by SomdetKiaw, the abbot of Wat Saket. He subsequently spent nine years studying and...
Venerable Hong Choon, 2nd president of SBF and Buddhist leader, Singapore SomdetKiaw, Acting Supreme Patriarch of Thailand and abbot of Wat Saket, Thailand...
Holders of this title include: Somdej Toh (17 April 1788 – 22 June 1872) SomdetKiaw (3 March 1928 – 10 August 2013) Chanthawit, Natthaphat (n.d.). "Phat...
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1978–1982), Parkinson's disease. SomdetKiaw, 85, Thai Buddhist prelate, acting Supreme Patriarch of Thailand, Abbot...
He was born on 1 May 1934 to a poor, Chinese family in the area of the Somdet Chao Phraya Market, Thonburi, across the river from Bangkok. As a young...
Global Information