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Jurisdiction
  
Sangha of Thailand

Website
  
www.mahathera.org

Headquarters
  
Thailand

Sangha Supreme Council

Formed
  
January 1, 1963; 54 years ago (1963-01-01)

Council executive
  
Maharatchamongkhalachan, Supreme Patriarch of Thailand

The Sangha Supreme Council of Thailand (Thai: มหาเถรสมาคม; abbreviated SSC) is the governing body of the Buddhist order (Sangha) of Thailand, and is the ultimate authority for all ecclesiastical matters within the Thai Sangha. Its leadership consists of the country's highest ranking monks, who consult the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand with respect to administrative and theological matters. The Sangha Supreme Council was established on January 1, 1963, under the Sangha Act of 1962.

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Members of Sangha Supreme Council

  • Somdet Phra Maha Ratchamangalacharn,92,abbot Wat Pak Nam Phasi Charoen, received the Somdet title in 1995
  • Somdet Phra Maha Wirawong,98, abbot of Wat Samphanthawong, received the title of somdet in 2001
  • Somdet Phra Wannarat,79 abbot of Wat Bowon Niwet, was granted the Somdet title in 2009
  • Somdet Phra Mahamuniwong , 88 abbot of Wat Ratchabophit, bestowed the somdet title in 2009
  • Somdet Phra Trirayarnmuni,68,abbot of Wat Debsirindrawas , Become domdet in 2010
  • Somdet Phra Buddha Chinnawong, 74. Abbot of Wat Pichaya Yatikaram, was made Somdet in 2011
  • Somdet Phra Buddhacharn,73,of Wat Trai Mit Witthayaram, received the Somdet title in 2014
  • Somdet Phra Buddha Kosacharn (Prayudh Payutto), Wat Yanavessakawan, received the Somdet title in 2016

    • The Sangha Act in Thailand

  • The sangha administration act of R.E. 121 (1903 or B.E. 2446)
  • THE Sangha act of B.E. 2484 (1941)
  • The Sangha Act of B.E 2505 (1962)
  • The Sangha Act of B.E 2535 (1992)
  • The Sangha Act of B.E 2560 (2017)

    • References

    Sangha Supreme Council Wikipedia
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