List of Masonic Grand Lodges Caribbean explained

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

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.

Caribbean

Country or greater geographical area	State, province, or other geographical area	Name	Founded	Lodges	Members	Notes
Bahamas		Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Commonwealth of the Bahamas^[1] ^[2]	1950^[3]	28^[4]		PHCGM, PHA
Caribbean Islands		Prince Hall Grand Lodge of the Caribbean ^[5]	1993	10^[6]		PHCGM, PHA
Cuba		Gran Logia de Cuba (Grand Lodge of Cuba) ^[7] ^[8]	1859	316	29,110^[9]	CMI
Dominican Republic		Gran Logia de la República Dominicana, Inc. (Grand Lodge of the Dominican Republic)^[10]	1858	15^[11]	1,200	CMI
Haiti		Grand Orient d'Haiti (Grand Orient of Haiti)^[12]	1824	48	6,000	CMI
Puerto Rico		Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico (Gran Logia Soberana de Puerto Rico)^[13]	1898^[14]	68	2700	CMI

See also

• List of Masonic Grand Lodges

Notes and References

1. Web site: Foreign Grand Lodges. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210805214520if_/https://www.ugle.org.uk/about-us/foreign-grand-lodges. 2021-08-05. United Grand Lodge of England. 2022-08-05. en-GB. mdy-all.
2. http://www.princehallgrandlodgebahamas.org/ PHGL, Commonwealth of the Bahamas website
3. Web site: Prince Hall Grand Lodge Commonwealth of The Bahamas Historical Overview . Prince Hall Grand Lodge Commonwealth of The Bahamas . Nassau.
4. http://www.princehallgrandlodgebahamas.org/lodges.html Lodges owing Obedience to the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Commonwealth of The Bahamas
5. http://www.mwphglc.zoomshare.com/ PHGL of the Caribbean website
6. Web site: Prince Hall Grand Lodge of the Caribbean & Jurisdiction . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100312033319/http://www.mwphglc.zoomshare.com/0.html . 12 March 2010 . 24 March 2010 . dmy-all.
7. http://www.pagrandlodge.org/gsecretary/recognized.html Pennsylvania Grand Lodge list of recognized grand lodges
8. http://www.masonic-lodge.info/MLI/mli2404.htm Masonic Lodge Info, Grand Lodge of Cuba
9. Book: 2013 List of Lodges. LaBounty. Lars. Pantagraph Printing and Stationery Co.. Springfield, Illinois. 2013.
10. http://granlogiard.org/ Gran Logia de la República Dominicana
11. Web site: Gran Logia » Tips Judi Online Pro. 15 July 2022. 31 December 2023.
12. http://publitel.com/fmh/mc_haitienne.htm Fédération maçonnique haïtienne, .....DANS la MACONNERIE HAITIENNE
13. Web site: Gran Logia Soberana de Puerto Rico . Gran Logia Soberana de Puerto Rico. 31 December 2023.
14. Web site: Article on the Gran Logia Soberana de Puerto Rico on the George Washington Masonic Memorial website . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160527041808/http://gwmemorial.org/glotm/glotm201103.php . 27 May 2016 . 16 September 2015.