Template:Infobox ReligiousBio

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For biographies of religious figures.

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Thích Quảng Đức

Thích Quảng Ðức
Religion	Buddhism
Other Names:	Thich Quag Duc
Senior posting
Based in	South Vietnam
Title	Buddhist monk
Period in office	1917–1963
Religious career
Ordination	1917
Previous post	Chairman of the Panel on Ceremonial Rites of the Congregation of Vietnamese Monks Abbot of the Phước Hòa Pagoda
Personal
Date of birth	1897
Place of birth	Hội Khánh, a village that in 1897 was in French Indochina
Date of death	1963 (aged 65–66)
Place of death	Saigon, Republic of Vietnam (In 1963 Saigon was part of South Vietnam)

{{Infobox ReligiousBio
| background     = #FFA500
| name           = Thích Quảng Đức
| image          = [[Image:Replace_this_image_male.svg]]<br>Thích Quảng Ðức
| religion       = [[Buddhism]]
| alias          = Thich Quag Duc
| location       = [[South Vietnam]]
| Title          = [[monk|Buddhist monk]]
| Period         = 1917–1963
| Predecessor    = 
| Successor      = 
| ordination     = 1917
| post           = 
| previous_post = Chairman of the Panel on Ceremonial Rites of the Congregation of Vietnamese Monks<BR>Abbot of the Phước Hòa Pagoda
| present_post =
| date of birth  = [[1897]]
| place of birth = Hội Khánh, a village that in 1897 was in [[French Indochina]]
| date of death  = {{death year and age|1963|1897}}
| place of death = [[Saigon]], [[South Vietnam|Republic of Vietnam]] (In 1963 [[Saigon]] was part of South Vietnam)
}}

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