List of Masonic Grand Lodges Mexico

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This is a list of all verifiable organizations that claim to be a Masonic Grand Lodge in Mexico.

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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). Some are large, with thousands of members divided into hundreds of subordinate lodges, while others are tiny, with only a few members split between a handful of local lodges. Sometimes there will only be one Grand Lodge in a given area, but the majority of the time there will be at least two. More often, there will be several competing Grand Lodges claiming the same jurisdictional area, or claiming overlapping areas. This fact leads to debates over legitimacy: Not all Grand Lodges and Grand Orients recognize each other as being legitimate. However, such recognition is not relevant to this list, yet recognition is foundational within the fraternal order. Inclusion in this list only requires the establishment of a physical (as opposed to a virtual, or online) presence, and lodges (regular, unrecognized or clandestine) which acknowledge their governance.

Membership numbers are subject to change; for current figures, check the sources which are indicated in the reference section.

Mexico

Country or greater geographical areaState, province, or other geographical areaNameFoundedLodgesMembersNotes
MexicoGran Logia Valle de Mexico [1] [2] 186226316,977 [3] CMI
MexicoMost Worshipful York Grand Lodge of Mexico, F.&A.M [1] [4] 186218376 [3] CGMNA
MexicoAguascalientesGran Logia “Edmundo Games Orozco” del Estado de Aguascalientes (Grand Lodge of the State of Aguascalientes, “Edmundo Games Orozco”) [5] [6] 1998 [7] 8 [5] [8] CGLREU
MexicoBaja CaliforniaGran Logia de Estado de Baja California (Grand Lodge of Baja California) [6] [9] 1933 [7] 34 [8] 550 [3] CGLREU
MexicoBaja California SurGran Logia de Estado de Baja California Sur (Grand Lodge of Southern Baja California) [6] [10] 1978 [7] 123 [8] 210 [3] CGLREU
MexicoCampecheGran Logia del Estado de Campeche (Grand Lodge of the State of Campeche) [6] 1928 [7] 19 [3] [8] CMI, CGLREU
MexicoChiapasGran Logia del Estado de Chiapas (Grand Lodge of the State of Chiapas) [6] [11] 1933 [7] 12 [3] [8] CMI, CGLREU
MexicoChihuahuaGran Cosmos Asociación Civil del Rito Escocés Antiguo y Acceptado del Estado de Chihuahua (Grand Civil Association Cosmos of the Scottish Rite, State of Chihuahua) [12] [13] 1990 [12]
MexicoChihuahuaGran Logia "Cosmos" del Estado de Chihuahua (Grand Lodge of the State of Chihuahua, "Cosmos") [6] [14] 1883 [7] 30 [3] [8] CMI, CGLREU
MexicoCiudad de MéxicoGran Logia de la Ciudad de México (Grand Lodge of Mexico City) [7] [15] 2010 [16] 12 [17]
MexicoCoahuilaGran Logia "Benito Juarez" del Estado de Coahuila (Grand Lodge of the State of Coahuila, "Benito Juarez") [6] [18] 1890 [7] 24 [8] 284 [3] CGLREU
MexicoColimaGran Logia “Sur Oeste” del Estado de Colima (Grand Lodge of the State of Colima, “Southwest”) [6] 1937 [7] 24 [8] CGLREU
MexicoDurangoGran Logia "Guadalupe Victoria" del Estado de Durango (Grand Lodge of the State of Durango, "Guadalupe Victoria") [6] [19] 1923 [7] 12 [8] 250 CMI, CGLREU
MexicoEstado de MéxicoGran Logia del Estado de México (Grand Lodge of Estate of Mexico) [7] [16] 1997 [7] 18 [8] CGLREU
MexicoGuanajuatoGran Logia del Estado de Guanajuato (Grand Lodge of the State of Guanajuato) [6] [20] 1996 [7] 10 [8] CMI, CGLREU
MexicoGuerreroGran Logia del Estado de Guerrero (Grand Lodge of the State of Guerrero) [7] 1999 [7] 17 [8] CGLREU
MexicoHildalgoGran Logia del Estado de Hidalgo de AA:.LL:.AA:.MM:. del R:.E:.A:.A:.(Grand Lodge of the State of Hidalgo) [6] [21] 1940 [7] 20 [8] CMI, CGLREU
MexicoJaliscoGran Logia "Occidental Mexicana" (Grand Lodge of Western Mexico, in the State of Jalisco) [6] [22] 1912 [7] 25 [8] 520 [3] CGLREU
MexicoMichoacánGran Logia “Lázaro Cárdenas” del Estado de Michoacán (Grand Lodge of the State of Michoacán, “Lázaro Cárdenas”) [6] 1969 [7] 40 [8] CGLREU
MexicoMorelosGran Logia “Soberana e Independiente” del Estado de Morelos (Grand Lodge of the State of Morelos, “Sovereign and Independent”) [6] [23] 1997 [7] 13 [8] CGLREU
MexicoNayaritGran Logia del Estado de Nayarit (Grand Lodge of the State of Nayarit) [6] [23] 1954 [7] 8 [8] CGLREU
MexicoNuevo LeónGran Logia de Nuevo León (Grand Lodge of Nuevo León) [6] [24] 1905 [7] 77 [8] 1,714 [3] CMI, CGLREU
MexicoOaxacaGran Logia “Benito Juárez García” del Estado de Oaxaca (Grand Lodge of the State of Oaxaca, “Benito Juárez García”) [6] [23] 1885 [7] 22 [8] CMI, CGLREU
MexicoPueblaGran Logia “Benemérito Ejército de Oriente” del Estado de Puebla (Grand Lodge of the State of Puebla, “Distinguished Army of the East”) [6] [25] 1996 [7] 15 [8] CGLREU
MexicoQuerétaroGran Logia del Estado de Querétaro (Grand Lodge of the State of Querétaro) [6] [26] 1924 [7] 14 [8] CMI, CGLREU
MexicoQuintana RooGran Logia del Estado “Andrés Quintana Roo” (Grand Lodge of the State "Andrés Quintana Roo") [6] [27] 1980 [7] 32 [8] 659 CMI, CGLREU
  • Recognized by the Grand Lodges of the CGMNA: North Carolina, Massachusetts, Illinois, Texas, California, New York, Maryland, Florida, Virginia, Puerto Rico.
MexicoSan Luis PotosíGran Logia de Estado Soberana e Independiente "El Potosi" (Grand Lodge of the Sovereign and Independent State of "El Potosi") [6] [28] 1891 [7] 13 [3] [8] CMI, CGLREU
MexicoSinaloaGran Logia del Estado de Sinaloa (Grand Lodge of the State of Sinaloa) [6] [29] 1985 [7] 17 [3] [8] CMI, CGLREU
MexicoSonoraGran Logia del Pacifico (Grand Lodge of the Pacific) [6] [30] 1923 [7] 19 [3] [8] CMI, CGLREU
MexicoTabascoGran Logia “Restauración” del Estado de Tabasco (Grand Lodge of the State of Tabasco, "Restoration") [6] [31] 1923 [7] 38 [8] CMI, CGLREU
MexicoTamaulipasGran Logia del Estado de Tamaulipas (Grand Lodge of the State of Tamaulipas) [1] [6] [32] 1909 [7] 94 [8] 2,278 [3] CMI, CGLREU
MexicoVeracruzGran Logia "Unida Mexicana" de Veracruz (Grand Lodge of Veracruz, "United Mexico") [6] [33] 1885 (1869) [7] 70 [6] [8] 1,800 [3] CMI, CGLREU
MexicoYucatánGran Logia “La Oriental Penínsular” del Estado de Yucatán (Grand Lodge of the State of Yucatán, "Eastern Peninsula") [6] [34] 1928 (1883) [7] 9 [8] [34] CGLREU
MexicoZacatecasGran Logia “Jesús González Ortega” del Estado de Zacatecas (Grand Lodge of the State of Zacatecas, “Jesús González Ortega” ) [35] 1994 [7] 17 [6] [8]

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  1. 1 2 3 Pennsylvania Grand Lodge list of recognized grand lodges retrieved 24 June 2014
  2. ↑ La Muy Respetable Gran Logia Valle de México Archived 13 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine , accessed 20 January 2014
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 LaBounty, Lars, ed. (2013). 2013 List of Lodges. Springfield, Illinois: Pantagraph Printing and Stationery Co.
  4. ↑ Most Worshipful York Grand Lodge od Mexico F.&A.M., accessed 20 October 2020
  5. 1 2 GL Aguascalientes website, accessed 3 March 2014
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Directorio de Grandes Logias Regulares en México Archived 22 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine , accessed 8 February 2014
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 CGLREU Founding dates, accessed 28 February 2014
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 CGLREU lodge count Archived 22 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine , accessed 28 February 2014
  9. ↑ GL Baja California website Archived 1 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine , accessed 20 January 2014
  10. ↑ GL Baja California Sur website, accessed 26 February 2014
  11. ↑ Grand Lodge of Greece – list of recognised Grand Lodges Archived 17 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine , accessed 22 January 2014
  12. 1 2 Chihuahua's "Cosmos Civil Association" GL website Archived 17 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine , accessed 2 March 2014
  13. ↑ Note, this is not to be confused with the similarly-named "Cosmos" Grand Lodge, of the CGLREU
  14. ↑ "Cosmos" Grand Lodge website, accessed 22 January 2014, offline as of 3 March 2014
  15. ↑ "Inicio". Gran Logia de la Ciudad de México (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  16. 1 2 "Historia de la GLCM". Gran Logia de la Ciudad de México. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Logias". Gran Logia de la Ciudad de México (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  18. ↑ GL Coahuila website Archived 2 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine , accessed 2 March 2014
  19. ↑ GL Durango website Archived 1 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine , accessed 22 January 2014
  20. ↑ GL of Guanajuato website, accessed 28 February 2014
  21. ↑ GL of Hildalgo website Archived 16 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine , accessed 2 March 2014
  22. ↑ GLOM website, accessed 22 January 2014
  23. 1 2 3 List of regular GLs in Mexico Archived 9 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine , accessed 2 March 2014
  24. ↑ GL Nuevo León website, accessed 2 March 2014
  25. ↑ GL of Puebla website, accessed 2 March 2014
  26. ↑ GL of Querétaro website, accessed 2 March 2014
  27. ↑ GL of Quintana Roo website, accessed 2009, but unavailable 2 March 2014
  28. ↑ Cosmos website Archived 17 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine , accessed 22 January 2014
  29. ↑ GL of Sinaloa website, accessed 2 March 2014
  30. ↑ Grand Lodge of the Pacific website, accessed 2 March 2014
  31. ↑ News article remarking on founding anniversary of the GL of Tabasco, accessed 2 March 2014
  32. ↑ GL Tamaulipas website Archived 3 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine , accessed 22 January 2014
  33. ↑ GL Unida Mexicana (GL of Veracruz) website, accessed 2 March 2014
  34. 1 2 GL of Yucatán website, accessed 28 February 2014
  35. ↑ News report citing the Grand Lodge of Zacatecas, dated 20, 2013

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