Blessings on the 99th Birthday Anniversary of the Supreme Patriarch

26 June 2026

On the auspicious occasion of the 99th birthday anniversary of His Holiness Somdet Phra Ariyavongsagatanana, the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand, Sakon Maha Sangkha Parinayok (Ambara Ambaramahathera, Pali Grade VI), President of the Sangha Supreme Council, Supreme Head of the Dhammayuttika Order, and Abbot of Wat Ratchabophit Sathitmahasimaram Ratchaworawihan.

We humbly offer our blessings that His Holiness may enjoy long life and lasting good health, remaining the mainstay and sheltering canopy of the noble Buddhist religion for all time.

With the deepest reverence, as it may please Your Holiness.

Most humbly, the Wat Chulamanee page team.

Sequence of Ecclesiastical Titles

• B.E. 2494 (1951) Attained Pali studies, Grade VI (Parian Tham 6).

• 5 December B.E. 2514 (1971) Elevated to ordinary-grade ecclesiastical dignitary (Phra Rachakhana), with the title Phra Pariyattikawi

• 5 December B.E. 2524 (1981) Elevated to Rat-grade ecclesiastical dignitary, with the title Phra Ratchasarasuthi Si Pariyattiwarathon Yatikhanitson Bowonsangkharam Khamawasi

• 5 December B.E. 2533 (1990) Elevated to Thep-grade ecclesiastical dignitary, with the title Phra Thep Methaphon Sunthonthammanunayok Wisutthisathoksathukit Yatikhanitson Bowonsangkharam Khamawasi

• 5 December B.E. 2538 (1995) Elevated to Tham-grade ecclesiastical dignitary, with the title Phra Thammamethaphon Sunthonwatsanawongwiwat Si Pariyattikitchanukit Papchanawiphusitkhunalongkon Yatikhanitson Bowonsangkharam Khamawasi

• 5 December B.E. 2543 (2000) Elevated to Deputy Ecclesiastical Chief, Hiranyabat grade, with the title Phra Sasanasophon Wimonyan-adunsunthonnayok Tripidokthammalangkanphusit Thammanityasathon Sasanakitchanukon Thammayuttikakhanitson Bowonsangkharam Khamawasi

• 5 December B.E. 2552 (2009) Elevated to Somdet Phra Rachakhana, Suphannabat grade, with the title Somdet Phra Maha Muniwong Phiphatphongwisut Phutthapapchananusat Watsanawarangkun Wibunsinsamacharawatsunthon Tripidokthammawaralongkonwiphusit Thammayuttikakhanitson Bowonsangkharam Khamawasi Arunyawasi

• 6 February B.E. 2560 (2017) Enthroned as Supreme Patriarch, Sakon Maha Sangkha Parinayok, bearing the name inscribed on the golden plaque: Somdet Phra Ariyavongsagatanana Sukhumthammawithanthamrong Sakon Maha Sangkha Parinayok Tripidokthrachan Ambaraphithansangkhawisut Papchanuttamasasanasophon Kittiniramonkhuruthaniyabandit Wachiralongkonnaritsonpasannaphisitprakat Wisaratnathathammathutaphiwut Thotsamin Sommut Pathom Sakon Khanathibet Pawithanetayophatwatsanawongwiwat Phutthaborisat Kharawasathan Wibunsinsamacharawatwipatsanasunthon Chinawonmahamuniwongsanusit Bowonthammabophit Somdet Phra Sangkharat