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This is a list of all verifiable organizations that claim to be a Masonic Grand Lodge. A Masonic "Grand Lodge" (or sometimes "Grand Orient") is the governing body that supervises the individual "Lodges of Freemasons" in a particular geographical area, known as its "jurisdiction" (usually corresponding to a sovereign state or other major geopolitical unit).
The very first Provincial Grand Master was appointed for Cheshire in 1725. [3] There are now Provinces (with Provincial Grand Masters) under the Grand Lodge of Ireland, [4] the National Grand Lodge of France, [5] and the Grand Lodge of Scotland, [6] for example. However, not all Masonic jurisdictions have Provinces or Provincial Grand Masters.
In the United States of America, a national Grand Council charters local councils, which confer their degrees on selected Royal Arch Masons. Most councils are limited to twenty-seven members, but the Council of the Nine Muses is limited to nine authors (the new Sovereign Master must read a new essay), and the Grand Master's Council has no limit ...
The appointed Provincial Grand Officers were installed and proclaimed during the Grand Council Meeting on December 13, 2014. In February 2016, a fourth council was constituted and dedicated in Athens. Its members belong to various masonic constitutions, coming from different countries and all meetings will be conducted in English.
The Masonic Temple in Philadelphia in 1873; James H. Windrim was the building's architect.. Two English grand lodges erected lodges in Pennsylvania during the 18th century, the Premier Grand Lodge of England (known as the "Moderns"), established in London in 1717, and the Ancient Grand Lodge of England (known as the "Antients" or "Ancients"), established in London in 1751.
Freemasonry begins in Costa Rica at the same time as in Central America during the course of the 19th century. Regular masonry begins when it was founded by Costa Rican Catholic priest Francisco Calvo, ex-Chaplain General of the Army of Costa Rica during the Filibuster War of 1856, who introduced regular masonry in Central America in 1865. [1]
This is a list of all verifiable organizations that claim to be a Masonic Grand Lodge in the Caribbean. A Masonic "Grand Lodge" (or sometimes "Grand Orient") is the governing body that supervises the individual "Lodges of Freemasons" in a particular geographical area, known as its "jurisdiction" (usually corresponding to a sovereign state or other major geopolitical unit).