York Grand Lodge of Mexico
The York Grand Lodge of Mexico, Free and Accepted Masons, is recognized by the United Grand Lodge of England and is a member of the Conference of Grand Masters of Masons in North America — the only Mexican grand lodge with that COGMNA membership. Formally constituted as an independent grand lodge in 1862, it traces its Masonic lineage to the organization of lodges in Mexico City beginning around 1816 and the formation of the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico in 1825.
After an internal division in the early twentieth century in which a faction departed to reconstitute the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico as a separate body, the remaining organization adopted the name Most Worshipful York Grand Lodge of Mexico, establishing its identity as the direct successor to the original 1862 grand lodge. The York Grand Lodge operates primarily in English, with German and Spanish as secondary official languages, and claims jurisdiction over the entire Mexican territory. It has maintained continuous UGLE recognition since its early years and is the most straightforward point of contact for English-speaking visiting Masons anywhere in Mexico.
Beyond the York Grand Lodge, Mexico's Masonic landscape includes more than a dozen additional UGLE-recognized state grand lodges coordinated through the Confederation of Regular Grand Lodges of the Mexican United States. Each state grand lodge is sovereign within its territory. Visiting Masons should confirm in advance which grand lodge a specific lodge operates under before planning a visit, as not every lodge in Mexico is under a UGLE-recognized body. The Grand Lodge of the State of Nuevo León (headquartered in Monterrey), the Grand Lodge Occidental Mexicana of Jalisco (Guadalajara), and the Grand Lodge of the State of Veracruz are among the more historically prominent UGLE-recognized state grand lodges maintains contact information and lodge listings and is the most accessible resource for English-speaking visitors.
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