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Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovitvanit (Thai: ฟรังซิสเซเวียร์ เกรียงศักดิ์ โกวิทวาณิช born 27 June 1949) is Archbishop of Bangkok.Born in Ban Rak he entered the St Joseph’s Minor Seminary in Sampran. From 1970 to 1976 he studied philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome and was ordained as priest on 11 July 1976. At first he was assistant priest at the Nativity of Mary Church in Ban Pan and then at the Epiphany Church Koh Vai (1977–1979).
