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United Grand Lodge of England 1717, 1813 24 JUN 1717
Grand Lodge of Ireland 1725 24 JUN 1725
Grand Lodge of France 1728/9  -
Grand Orient of France 1733  
Grand Lodge of Scotland 1736 30 NOV 1736
Grand Lodge of Denmark - DANISH ORDER OF FREEMASONS 1743  
Grand East of the Netherlands 1756 26 DEC 1756
Grand Lodge of Sweden 1760 (1735?)
Grand Lodge of Virginia 1778 30 OCT 1778
Grand Lodge of New York 1781 05 SEP 1781
Grand Lodge of South Carolina 1783 27 DEC 1783
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania 1786 25 SEP 1786
Grand Lodge of Georgia 1786 16 DEC 1786
Grand Lodge of New Jersey 1786 18 DEC 1786
Grand Lodge of Maryland 1787 19 APR 1787
Grand Lodge of North Carolina 1787 12 DEC 1787
Grand Lodge of Connecticut 1789 08 JUL 1789
Grand Lode of New Hampshire 1790 08 JUL 1789
Grand Lodge of Rhode Island 1791 27 JUN 1791
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts 1791 00 JUN 1791
Grand Lodge of Massachusetts 1792 05 MAR 1792
Grand Lodge of Vermont 1794 14 OCT 1794
Grand Lodge of Kentucky 1800 16 OCT 1800
Grand Lodge of Luxembourg 1803 28 MAY 1803 - re-established in 1926
Grand Orient of Italy 1805  
Grand Lodge of Delaware 1806 06 JUN 1806
Grand Lodge of Ohio 1808 07 JAN 1808
Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia 1811 19 FEB 1811
Grand Lodge of Lousiana 1812 20 JUN 1812
Grand Lodge of Tennessee 1813 27 DEC 1813
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania 1815 27 DEC 1815
Grand Lodge of Indiana 1818 18 JAN 1818
Grand Lodge of Mississippi 1818 27 JUL 1818
Grand Lodge of Maine 1820 21 JUN 1820
Grand Lodge of Missouri 1821 04 MAY 1821
Grand Lodge of Alabama 1821 16 JUN 1821
Grand Orient of Brazil 1822 17 JUN 1822
Grand Lodge of Venezuela 1824 24 JUN 1824
Grand Orient of Haiti 1824 ?
Grand Lodge of Michigan 1826 26 JUN 1826
Grand Lodge of Florida 1830 06 JUL 1830
Grand Orient of Belgium 1833  
Grand Lodge of Texas 1837 20 DEC 1837
Grand Lodge of Arkansas 1838 00 NOV 1838
Grand Lodge of Illinois 1840 28 APR 1840
Grand Lodge of Wisconsin 1843 18 DEC 1843
Grand Lodge of Iowa 1844 08 JAN 1844
Grand Lodge Alpina of Switzerland 1844 ?
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of New York 1845 14 MAR 1845
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia  1848 27 MAR 1848
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of New Jersey 1848 12 JUN 1848
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Ohio 1849 03 MAY 1849
Grand Lodge of Delaware 1849 09 JUN 1849
Grand Lodge of California 1850 19 APR 1850
Grand Lodge of Oregon 1851 15 SEP 1851
Grand Lodge of Minnesota 1853 24 FEB 1853
Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario 1855  
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of California 1855 09 JUN 1855
Grand Lodge of Kansas 1856 17 MAR 1856
Grand Lodge of Uruguay 1856 17 JUL 1856
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Indiana 1856 16 SEP 1856
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Ontario (Canada) 1856 25 AUG 1856
Grand Lodge of Argentina 1857  
Grand Lodge of Nebraska 1857 23 SEP 1857
Grand Lodge of the Dominican Republic 1858 24 OCT 1858
Grand Lodge of Washington 1858 08 DEC 1858
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Rhode Island 1858 27 DEC 1858
Grand Lodge of Cuba 1859 05 DEC 1859
Grand Lodge of Colorado 1861 02 AUG 1861
Grand Lodge of the Valley of Mexico 1862 ?
York Grand Lodge of Mexico 1862 ?
Grand Lodge of Chile 1862 24 MAY 1862
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Louisiana 1863 05 JAN 1863
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Missouri 1865 08 FEB 1865
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Michigan 1865 18 FEB 1865
Grand Lodge of Nevada 1865 03 MAR 1865
Grand Lodge of West Virginia 1865 10 MAY 1865
Grand Lodge of Montana 1866 24 JAN 1866
Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia (Canada) 1866 20 MAR 1866
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Kentucky 1866 16 AUG 1866
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Illinois 1867 15 FEB 1867
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of South Carolina 1867 00 JUN 1867
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Liberia 1867 00 SEP 1867
Grand Lodge of New Brunswick (Canada) 1867 10 OCT 1867
Grand Lodge of Idaho 1867 16 DEC 1867
Symbolic Grand Lodge of Paraguay 1869 1923 ?
Grand Lodge of Quebec (Canada) 1869  
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of North Carolina 1870 01 MAR 1870 
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Arkansas 1870 28 MAR 1870
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Tennessee 1870 31 AUG 1870
Union Grand Lodge of Florida & Belize PHA 1870 17 SEP 1870
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Alabama 1870 20 SEP 1870
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Georgia 1870 22 SEP 1870
Grand Lodge of British Columbia (Canada) 1871 21 OCT 1871
Grand Lodge of Utah 1872 17 JAN 1872
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Connecticut 1873 03 NOV 1873
Grand Lodge of Oklahoma 1874  -
Grand Lodge of Wyoming 1874 15 DEC 1874
Grand Lodge of Manitoba (Canada) 1875 12 MAY 1875
Grand Lodge of South Dakota 1875 23 JUN 1875
Grand Lodge of Prince Edward Island (Canada) 1875 24 JUN 1875
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Mississippi 1875 03 JUL 1875
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Texas 1875 19 AUG 1875
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Kansas 1875 24 AUG 1875
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Virginia 1875 16 DEC 1875
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Colorado 1876 17 JAN 1876
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Maryland 1847 reorganised 12 SEP 1876
Grand Lodge of New Mexico 1877 07 AUG 1877
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of West Virginia 1877 03 OCT 1877
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Iowa 1881 09 AUG 1881
Grand Lodge of Arizona 1882 25 MAR 1882
Grand Lodge of Peru 1882 25 MAR 1882
Grand Lodge of Oriental Peninsular, Yucatan (Mexico) 1883  
Grand Lodge of Unida Mexicana, Veracruz (Mexico) 1883  
Grand Lodge of South Australia & the Northern Territory 1884 16 APR 1884
Grand Lodge of Campeche (Mexico) 1885  
Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico 1885 ?
Grand Lodge of Benito Juarez Garcia, Oaxaca (Mexico) 1885  
United Grand Lodge of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory 1888  
United Grand Lodge of Victoria (Australia) 1889 20 MAR 1889
Grand Lodge of North Dakota 1889 13 JUN 1889
Grand Lodge of New Zealand 1890 29 APR 1890
Grand Lodge of Tasmania (Australia) 1890 26 JUN 1890
Grand Lodge of Benito Juarez, Coahuila (Mexico) 1890  
Grand Lodge of Norway 1891 24 JUN 1891
Grand Lodge of El Potosi, San Luis Potosi (Mexico) 1891 07 AUG 1891
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Oklahoma 1893 15 AUG 1893
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Minnesota 1894 16 AUG 1894
Grand Lodge of France 1894 -1728/9
Grand Lodge of Costa Rica 1899 07 DEC 1899
Grand Lodge of Western Australia 1900 27 FEB 1900
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Washington 1903 13 APR 1903
Grand Lodge of Guatemala 1903 20 OCT 1903
Grand Lodge of Amazonas (Brazil) 1904 22 SEP 1904
Grand Lodge of Alberta (Canada) 1905  
Grand Lodge of Nuevo Leon (Mexico) 1905 24 JUN 1905
Grand Lodge of Saskatchewan (Canada) 1906  
Grand Lodge of Nicaragua 1907 27 NOV 1907
Grand Lodge of Nayarit (Mexico) 1909  
Grand Lodge of Tamaulipas (Mexico) 1909 05 MAY 1909
Grand Lodge of Turkey 1909 13 JUL 1909
Grand Lodge of Occidental Mexican, Jalisco (Mexico) 1912 18 FEB 1912
Grand Lodge of El Salvador (Cuscatlan) 1912 22 SEP 1912
Grand Lodge of the Philippines 1912 00 DEC 1912
French National Grand Lodge 1913 05 NOV 1913
Grand Lodge of Panama 1916 16 APR 1916
Grand Lodge of Bulgaria 1917  
Grand Lodge of Colombia (Barranquilla) 1918  
Grand Lodge of Austria 1919  
Grand Lodge of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians "Yugoslavia" 1919 09 JUN 1919 until AUG 1940
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Nebraska 1919 02 AUG 1919
Grand Lodge of Colombia (Catagena) 1920 01 JAN 1920
United Grand Lodge of Queensland (Australia) 1920 21 APR 1921    Inaugural meeting
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Arizona 1920 30 MAY 1920
Grand Lodge of Ecuador 1921 19 JUN 1921
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of New Mexico 1921 21 SEP 1921
Grand Lodge of Colombia (Bogotà) 1922 19 FEB 1922
Grand Lodge of Honduras 1922 15 MAY 1922
Symbolic Grand Lodge of Paraguay 1923  1869 ?
Grand Lodge of Del Pacifico, Sonora (Mexico) 1923 27 FEB 1923
Grand Lodge of Guadalupe Victoria, Durango (Mexico) 1923  
Grand Lodge of Restauracion, Tabasco (Mexico) 1923  
Grand Lodge of Sur-Oeste, Calima (Mexico) 1923  
Grand Lodge of Finland 1924 08 SEP 1924
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Wisconsin 1925 28 JUN 1925
Grand Lodge of State of Bahia (Brazil) 1927 22 MAY 1927
Grand Lodge of State of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 1927 22 JUN 1927
Grand Lodge of State of Sao Paulo 1927 02 JUL 1927
Grand Lodge of Para (Brazil) 1927 28 JUL 1927
Grand Lodge of Paraiba (Brazil) 1927 24 AUG 1927
Grand Lodge of Minas Gerais (Brazil) 1927 25 SEP 1927
Grand Lodge of Rio Grande South (Brazil) 1928 08 JAN 1928
Grand Lodge of State of Ceara (Brazil) 1928 19 MAR 1928
Grand Lodge of Bolivia 1929 29 NOV 1929
Grand Lodge of Chiapas (Mexico) 1929  
Grand Lodge of Pernambuco (Brazil) 1932 06 OCT 1932
Grand Lodge of State of Baja California (Mexico) 1933  - 
Grand Lodge of Queretaro (Mexico) 1934  
Grand Lodge of Colombia (Calì) 1935  - 
Grand Lodge of Cosmos, Chihuahua (Mexico) 1936  
Grand Lodge of Hidalgo (Mexico) 1940  
Grand Lodge of Parana (Brazil) 1941 15 JAN 1941
Grand Lodge of Colombia, Francisco de Paulo Santander (Cúcuta) 1945 18 NOV 1945
Grand Lodge of the Three Globes (Germany) 1947 (1740?)
Grand Land Lodge of Germany 1947  
Grand Lodge of Piauí (Brazil) 1948 ?
Grand Lodge of China 1949 16 MAR 1949
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of the Bahamas 1950 27 FEB 1950
Grand Lodge of State of Goiás (Brazil) 1951  
Swedish Masonic Camp - Grand Lodge of Sweden 1951  
Grand Lodge of Iceland   ICELANDIC ORDER OF FREEMASONS 1951 23 JUL 1951
Grand Lodge of Israel 1953 20 OCT 1953
Grand Lodge of China (Taiwan) 1954  
Grand Lodge of Santa Catarina (Brazil) 1956 21 APR 1956
Grand Lodge of Japan 1957 01 JUN 1957
United Grand Lodges of Germany 1958 -1737
Grand Lodge of State of Alagoas (Brazil) 1959 21 APR 1959
Grand Orient of Belgium 1959 26 NOV 1959
Grand Lodge of Maranhao (Brazil) 1960 27 MAR 1960
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Oregon 1960 23 APR 1960
Grand Lodge of State of Alagoas (Brazil) 1961 11 MAR 1961
Grand Lodge of South Africa 1961 22 APR 1961
Grand Lodge of India 1961 24 NOV 1961
American-Canadian Grand Lodge (Germany) 1962  
York Grand Lodge of Mexico 1962  
Grand Lodge of State of Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil) 1962 24 NOV 1962
Grand Lodge of Brasilia (Brazil) 1963 16 FEB 1963
Grand Lodge of Iran (in exile)  1969 ? 
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Alaska 1969 00 SEP 1969
United Grand Orient and Grand Lodge of Cameroun 1969  
Grand Lodge of State of Espirito Santo (Brazil) 1970 08 NOV 1970
Grand Lodge of the Andes of Colombia (Bucaramanga) 1972  
Grand Lodge of Acre (Brazil) 1973 20 AUG 1973
Grand Lodge of Rio Grande North (Brazil) 1974 23 JUN 1974
Grand Lodge of Baja California Sur (Mexico) 1978  
Grand Lodge of State of Mato Grosso (Brazil)   1978 07 OCT 1976
Regular Grand Lodge of Belgium 1979 15 JUN 1979
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Nevada 1980 16 AUG 1980
Grand Lodge of Alaska 1981 07 FEB 1981
Grand Lodge of State of Roraima (Brazil) 1981 20 AUG 1981
Grand Lodge of Spain 1982 06 NOV 1982
Grand Lodge of Gabon 1983 12 NOV 1983
Grand Lodge of Sergipe (Brazil) 1983 15 NOV 1983
Grand Lodge of Benjamin Herrara of Colombia (Santa Marta) 1984  
Grand Lodge of State of Rondonia (Brazil)  1985 10 APR 1985
Grand Lodge of Sinaloa (Mexico) 1985 01 SEP 1985
National Grand Lodge of Greece 1986 07 JUN 1986
Grand Lodge of State of Amapa (Brazil) 1988 20 AUG 1988
Grand Lodge of Hawaii  1989 20 MAY1989 
Symbolic Grand Lodge of Hungary 1886, 1989  
Grand Lodge of the Ivory Coast 1989 18 FEB 1989
Grand Lodge of State of Tocantins (Brazil) 1989 05 NOV 1989
Grand Lodge of Yugoslavia 1990 reactivated 23 JUN 1990 - Regular Grand Lodge "Yugoslavia" from MAR 1993. Regular Grand Lodge of Serbia from 2006
Grand Lodge of Czech Republic 1923, 1947, 1990 25 FEB 1923
Grand Lodge of Poland 1991 27 DEC 1991
Regular (Legal) Grand Lodge of Portugal 1991 29 JUN 1991
National Grand Lodge of Togo  1992  06 JUN 1992
Grand Lodge of Senegal 1993 15 JAN 1993
National Grand Lodge of Romania 1880, 1993 24 JAN 1993
Regular Grand Lodge of Italy 1993 17 APR 1993
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of the Caribbean (Barbados) 1993 21 APR 1993
United Grand Lodge of France - Grande Loge Unie de France 1994 04 SEP 1994
Grand Lodge of Upper India 1995 21 JAN 1995
Grand Lodge of Benin 1995 14 MAY 1995
Grand Lodge of South India 1995 27 MAY 1995
Grand Lodge of Russia 1995 24 JUN 1995 
National Grand Lodge of Madagascar 1996 02 MAR 1996
Grand Lodge of AF & AM of Bulgaria 1997 06 MAR 1996
Grand Lodge of Burkino Faso 1997 13 SEP 1997
Grand Lodge of Newfoundland & Labrador (Canada) 1997 01 NOV 1997
Grand Lodge of Croatia 1997 08 NOV 1997
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Alberta (Canada) 1997  
National Grand Lodge of Mali 1999 13 MAR 1999
National Grand Lodge of Guinea 1998 18 APR 1998
Grand Lodge of Estonia 1999 18 MAY 1999
Grand Lodge of Slovenia 1999 16 OCT 1999
Grand Lodge of Moldova 1999 15 OCT 1999
Grand Lodge of the Ukraine 1999, 2005 17 OCT 1999   24 SEP 2005
Regular Grand Lodge of Kingdom of Morocco 2000 15 JUN 2000
Grand Lodge of Andorra 2000 09 SEP 2000
Grand Lodge of Congo 2000 21 OCT 2000
National Grand Lodge of Djibouti 2000 21 OCT 2000
Grand Lodge of Western India 2001 08 APR 2001
Grand Lodge A.F.& A.M. of Bulgaria 2001 23 APR 2001 unification of GL of Bulgaria and the GL of Bulgaria AF&AM.
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Hawaii 2001 02 JUN 2001
Grand Lodge of Eastern India 2001 04 AUG 2001
United Grand Lodges of India 2001 05 AUG 2001
Grand Lodge of the Cameroun 2001 15 SEP 2001
Grand Lodge of Lithuania 2002 13 APR 2002
Grand Lodge of Armenia 2002  30 JUL 2002
Grand Lodge of Niger 2002 23 NOV 2002
Grand Lodge of Latvia 2003 08 MAR 2003
Serenissima Grand Lodge of San Marino 2003  06 APR 2003
Sovereign Grand Lodge of Malta 2004 18 NOV 2004
Sovereign Grand Lodge of Macedonia 2005 30 SEP 2005
Grand Lodge of Mauritius 2005 12 MAR 2005
Grand Lodge of Bosnia & Herzegovina 2005 16 APR 2005
Grand Lodge of Cyprus 2006 08 OCT 2006
United Grand Lodges of Serbia 2006  
Independent Grand Lodge of Philippine Islands 2006 10 SEP 2006
Italian Grand Lodge - Gran Loggia Italiana 2007 21 APR 2007
Grand Lodge of Montenegro 2007 12 MAY 2007
Grand Lodge of AF&AM of Denmark 2007 03 NOV 2007
Grand Symbolic Lodge of Paraguay 2007  
United Grand Lodge of Venezuela 2008 21 JAN 2008
Regular Grand Lodge of Serbia 1990, 2008 ex Regular GL of Yugoslavia
Grand Lodge of York Rite for Bolivia 2008 JUN 2008
National Grand Lodge of Azerbaijan 2008 08 DEC 2008
Grand Lodge of Ghana 2009 24 JAN 2009 
Symbolic Grand Lodge of Spain and Iberia 2009 02 FEB 2009
National Regular Grand Lodge of the Principality of Monaco
Grande Loge Nationale Régulière de la Principauté de Monaco
2011 19 FEB 2011
Grand Lodge of Slovakia 2009 21 MAR 2009
Grand Lodge of Mozambique 2009 11 JUL 2009
National Regular Grand Lodge of the Principality of Monaco
Grande Loge Nationale Régulière de la Principauté de Monaco
2011 19 FEB 2011
Grand Lodge of Albania 2011 14 OCT 2011
Grand Lodge of the French Masonic Alliance 2012 28 APR 2012
Grand Lodge of Nigeria

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