The 88-year-old abbot of Pak Nam Phasi Charoen Temple has the highest seniority in the clergy as he received the title in 1995. 
	With his nomination as the acting Supreme Patriarch, Somdet Phra Maha Ratchamangalacharn would no longer hold the position of chairman of the monastic panel serving on behalf of the Supreme Patriarch. 
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Acting supreme patriarch chosen for time being

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Acting supreme patriarch chosen for time being

NOPPARAT BENJAWATANANUN, director-general of the National Buddhism Office, said on Tuesday that he had on Monday submitted the name of Somdet Phra Maha Ratchamangalacharn as acting Supreme Patriarch for Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to publish in the

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