{{Infobox Christian leader | type = cardinal | honorific-prefix = His Eminence | name = Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovitvanit | honorific-suffix = | native_name = ฟรังซิสเซเวียร์ เกรียงศักดิ์ โกวิทวาณิช | native_name_lang = th | title = Cardinal, Archbishop of Bangkok | image = Card.FX.Kriengsak.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Kovitvanit as cardinal | church = Roman Catholic Church | archdiocese = Bangkok | province = | metropolis = | diocese = | see = Bangkok | elected = | appointed = 14 May 2009 | term = | term_start = 16 August 2009 | quashed = | term_end = | predecessor = Michael Michai Kitbunchu | opposed = | successor = | other_post = Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Addolorata | ordination = 11 July 1976 | ordained_by = Michael Michai Kitbunchu | consecration = 2 June 2007 | consecrated_by = Michael Michai Kitbunchu | cardinal = 14 February 2015 | created_cardinal_by = Pope Francis | rank = | birth_name = Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij | birth_date = | birth_place = Bang Rak, Bangkok, Thailand | death_date = | death_place = | buried = | nationality = Thai | religion = Roman Catholic | residence = | parents = Joseph Piti KovitvanitTeresa Phatcharin Kovitvanit | spouse = | children = | occupation = | profession = | previous_post = Bishop of Nakhon Sawan (2007–2009) | education = | alma_mater = | motto = "Verbum crucis virtus est"(Word of the cross is strength)(พระคำแห่งไม้กางเขนคือความแข็งแกร่ง)(Phra khả h̄æ̀ng mị̂kāngk̄hen khụ̄x khwām k̄hæ̆ngkær̀ng) | signature = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij.svg | coat_of_arms_alt = | feast_day = | venerated = | saint_title = | beatified_date = | beatified_place = | beatified_by = | canonized_date = | canonized_place = | canonized_by = | attributes = | patronage = | shrine = | suppressed_date = | other = }} Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovitvanit (, , ; born 27 May 1949) is a Thai Catholic prelate and cardinal who has served as Archbishop of Bangkok since 2009. Biography Born in Bangkok to ethnic Chinese parents, he entered the St Joseph's Minor Seminary in Sam Phran. 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. He was first assigned to be assistant priest at the Nativity of Mary Church in Ban Pan,