Prince Hall Masonry Recognition details
Non-U.S. Jurisdictions
The information in this chart was prepared by Paul M. Bessel,
Executive Secretary of the Masonic Leadership Center. Please contact me with any additional information, or any comments or
suggestions. My email address is
paul@bessel.org
Canada
See
http://bessel.org/masrec/canada.htm
Europe
| United Grand Lodge of England |
California
Colorado
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Massachusetts (Dec. 14, 1994)
Michigan |
Minnesota
Nebraska
New Mexico
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Washington
Wisconsin
Liberia |
| Grand Lodge of France |
since the 1950's |
| Ireland |
(I don't have details about when this was done,
but Ireland is said to recognize the Prince Hall Grand Lodges of
Massachusetts, California, Connecticut, Ohio, Illinois) |
| Scotland |
Recognized the Prince Hall Grand Lodges of
Massachusetts, Connecticut |
| Netherlands (Grand Orient) |
June 1995 (said to recognize Prince Hall Grand
Lodges of Massachusetts and Connecticut) |
| Belgium (Regular Grand Lodge) |
March 1996 (said to recognize Prince Hall Grand
Lodges of Massachusetts, Oregon, Wisconsin) |
| United Grand Lodges of Germany |
April 1997 (said to recognize Prince Hall Grand
Lodges of Connecticut, Massachusetts) |
| Austria |
February 1999 for PH GL of Massachusetts
and October 1999 for the Ph GL of Indiana |
Asia
| Philippines |
November 1997 (recognized PH GL of Washington) |
| Japan |
May 1998 (recognized PH GL of Washington) |
Australia & New Zealand
| New South Wales & ACT (Australian Capital Territory) |
Colorado, Illinois and Indiana PH GLs (and has sought to establish fraternal relations with 12
others) |
| Queensland |
Indiana, Oregon and Washington PH GLs (said to have sought to establish relations with all other PH GLs) |
| South Australia & Northern Territory |
Massachusetts & Connecticut PH GLs |
| Tasmania |
Massachusetts, Connecticut, California & Hawaii, Washington and Wisconsin PH GLs |
| Victoria |
Connecticut and Indiana PH GLs |
| Western Australia |
either recognizes, or said to want to recognize, the following Prince Hall GLs - California-Hawaii, Colorado, Connecticut, Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington, Wisconsin, Liberia
(based on a letter from the Grand Secretary of Western Australia, May 16,
2001) |
| New Zealand |
Massachusetts and Connecticut PH GLs |
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