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List of dignitaries of mystical organisations - Freemasonry
Even people who have little or zero exposure to Esoteric literature have heard about Freemasonry. Today there are hundreds, if not thousands, of groups who use this designation in most countries of the world. The three basic degrees are under Grand Lodges of various geographic areas, while the different rites of higher degrees have their own jurisdictions.
List of dignitaries of mystical organisations - Grand Lodge of Greece A.F. & A.M.
Grand Lodge of Greece A.F. & A.M. has its headquarters in Athens, Greece. Check their website grandlodge.gr for more information.
Grand Masters:
- Savas P. Vafiadis: P. Grand Master (1995 - 2001)
- Dionysios Papadatos: Grand Master (December 21, 2001 - ?). Photo of Grand Master Papadatos from the official web site
This Grand Lodge is not to be confused with the National Grand Lodge of Greece, a competing Masonic jurisdiction whose web domain is http://www.nglgreece.org and of course has had different Grand Masters. Greece is not the only country with competing national Grand Lodges.
List of dignitaries of mystical organisations - United Grand Lodge of England
Formed by an 1813 merger of two groups descending from the original Grand Lodge of England formed in 1717. See their website at ugle.org.uk
Grand Masters:
- Prince Augustus, Duke of Sussex (1813 - 1843)
- Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland (1844 - 1870)
- George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon (as Earl de Grey) (1870 - 1874)
- Edward VII of the United Kingdom (as Prince of Wales) (1874 - 1901)
- Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1901 - 1939)
- Prince George, Duke of Kent (1939 - 1942)
- Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1942 - 1947)
- Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1947 - 1950)
- Lawrence Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough (1951 - 1967)
- Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1967 - present as of 2004)
List of dignitaries of mystical organisations - Supreme Council 33rd Degree So. J. USA
The Supreme Council 33rd Degree of the Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, USA is the oldest of the world's governing bodies of Scottish Rite Freemasonry, originally covering the whole of the United States and now all but the Northeast.
For more information visit their website at srmason-sj.org.
Sovereign Grand Commanders:
- John Mitchell (1801 - 1816)
- Frederick Dalcho (1816 - 1822)
- Isaac Auld (1822 - 1826)
- Moses Holbrook (1826 - 1844)
- Jacob da la Motta (1844 - 1845)
- Alexander McDonald (1845 - 1846)
- John H. Honour (1846 - 1858)
- Charles M. Furman (1858 - 1859)
- Albert Pike (1859 - 1891)
- James C. Batchelor (1891 - 1893)
- Philip C. Tucker (1893 - 1895)
- Thomas H. Caswell (1895 - 1900)
- James D. Richardson (1900 - 1914)
- George F. Moore (1914 - 1921)
- John Henry Cowles (1921 - 1952)
- Thomas J. Harkins (1952 - 1955)
- Luther A. Smith (1955 - 1969)
- Henry C. Clausen (1969 - 1985)
- C. Fred Kleinknecht (1985 - 2003)
- Ronald A. Seale (2003-present)
List of dignitaries of mystical organisations - Supreme Council 33rd Degree No. J. USA
The Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite for the Northern Jurisdiction of the USA has a website at supremecouncil.org and its current Sovereign Grand Commander is Walter E. Webber.
List of dignitaries of mystical organisations - Antient and Primitive Rite of Memphis-Misraim
This comparatively obscure system of Masonic High Degrees has a website at www.iss-ic-memphis-misraim.org.International Grand Masters have been:
- Joseph Garibaldi (1881)
- Giambattista Pessina (1882-1883)
- Francesco Degli Oddi (1900)
- John Yarker (1902)
- Theodor Reuss (1913)
- Jean Bricaud (1924)
- Constant Chevillon (1934-1944)
- Henri Charles Dupont (1945)
- Robert Ambelain (1960)
- Gerard Kloppel (1985)
- Georges Claude Vielledent (1998)
- Claude Tripet (2003)
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