The Fourth Kathok Getse Rinpoche Gyurme Tenpa Gyaltsen has been appointed seventh head of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism for a three-year term. He was appointed for a three-year term at the spiritual gathering of 29th Nyingma Monlam in Bodh Gaya. Rinpoche was born in 1954 and recognised as the reincarnation of the Third Kathok Getse, Gyurme Tenpa Namgyal (1886-1952). He came into exile in 1997.