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Masonic Recognition Issues

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Virginia Grand Lodge's recognitions of other Grand Lodges

all other 50 "mainstream" or "predominately white" Grand Lodges various years

Canada

Alberta Yes
British Columbia Yes
Manitoba Yes
New Brunswick Yes
Newfoundland & Labrador 1998
Nova Scotia Yes
Ontario Yes
Prince Edward Island Yes
Quebec Yes
Saskatchewan Yes

Mexico

York Yes
Valle de Mexico 1991
Baja California (Norte)  
Baja California Sur  
Campeche  
Chiapas  
Chihuahua (Cosmos)  
Coahuila (Benito Juarez)  
Colima (Sur Oeste)  
Durango (Restauracion - Tabasco)  
Hildalgo  
Jalisco (Occidental Mexicana)  
Michoacana  
Nayarit  
Nuevo Leon Yes
Oaxaca  
Queretaro  
Quintana Roo  
San Luis Potosi (El Potosi - Soberana) 1999
Sinaloa 2000
Sonora (Del Pacifico)  
Tabasco  
Tamaulipas Yes
Veracruz (Unida Mexicana)  
Yucatan (Oriental Peninsular)  

Central America

Costa Rica Yes
El Salvador Yes
Guatemala  
Honduras Yes
Nicaragua  
Panama Yes

Caribbean

Cuba  
Dominican Republic Yes
Haiti 1990
Puerto Rico Yes

South America

Argentina Yes
Bolivia 1986
Chile Yes
Ecuador Yes
Paraguay  
Peru Yes
Uruguay 1989
Venezuela Yes

Colombia

Barranquilla  
Bogota Yes
Bucaramanga (Los Andes)  
Cartagena  
Cali  
Cucuta  
Santa Marta (same as Santander?)  
Santander (same as Santa Marta?)  

Brazil

Grand Orient of Brazil  
Acre  
Alagoas  
Amapa  
Amazonas 1991
Bahia 2000
Brasilia Yes
Ceara Yes
Espirito Santo 1999
Federal District  
Goias Yes
Maranhao Yes
Mato Grosso Yes
Mato Grosso do Sul Yes
Minas Gerais 1988
Para Yes
Paraiba 1998
Parana Yes
Pernambuco 1991
Piaui Yes
Rio de Janeiro Yes
Rio Grande do Norte 1994
Rio Grande do Sul Yes
Rondonia 1994
Roraima 1991
Santa Catarina Yes
Sao Paulo Yes
Sergipe 1992
Tocantins 1992

Western Europe

Belgium (Regular) 1980
England Yes
France (GLNF) Yes
France (GLF)  
Ireland Yes
Luxembourg Yes
Netherlands Yes
Portugal 1994
Scotland Yes
Spain 1984

Europe - Scandinavia

Denmark Yes
Finland Yes
Iceland Yes
Norway Yes
Sweden Yes

Central Europe

Austria Yes
Czech Republic  
Germany Yes
Italy Yes
Switzerland Yes

Eastern Europe

Bulgaria 2000
Croatia  
Estonia  
Greece Yes
Hungary  
Poland  
Romania 1994
Russia 1997
Slovenia  
Turkey Yes
Yugoslavia  

Africa

Benin  
Burkina Faso 1998
Gabon 1985
Guinea 1999
Ivory Coast 1999
Madagascar 1997
Mali  
Morocco  
South Africa Yes
Senegal 1994
Togo  

Asia

China Yes
India Yes
Iran (in exile)  
Israel Yes
Japan Yes
Philippines Yes

Australia & New Zealand

New South Wales Yes
Queensland Yes
South Australia (including Northern Territories) Yes
Tasmania Yes
Victoria Yes
Western Australia Yes
New Zealand Yes

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