Where to find list of 32nd degree Masons?

Question

Where can I find a list of known 32nd degree Freemasons? Somewhere online would be nice...

Answer 1

Hey Vintage X,

There are Freemasons all over the world. Like baseball players, you are not going to find a list of every one in any one place. If you are truly interested, then look up your local lodge on the internet and talk to the people in charge.
Below are listed three Grand Lodge web sites for various locations, you would have to go to each place and ask the Grand Lodge Secretaries. That would be a lot of work.

These 32 degree Masons are among the finest men in the world, donating their time to Hospitals, Cures, giving care to burn victims, and supporting charities all over the world.

Read about the work they do at these sites. There really is not much of a secret to it... Make beter people is the bottom line.

Answer 2

Actually, the first thing you need to understand is that Freemasonry only has three degrees: Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft, and Master MAson. A 32nd degree Mason is only a Mason who has joined an appendant body known as the Scottish Rite. The Scottish Rite confers an additional 29 degrees. It is NOT a promotion of any kind. Any Master Mason may become a 32nd degree Mason if he is willing to pay the fees and dues. All 29 degrees are confered in 1-4 days depending on the jurisdiction. There are THOUSANDS (maybe tens of thousands) of 32nd degree Masons. Additionally, the Scottish Rite is split into two Major jurisdictions (North and South) both of which are independent of the other. So while a list would be possible to create, it is extrememly unlikely that such a list exists at all. The 33rd degree is an honorary degree bestowed upon 32nd degree Masons who have shown outstanding dedication to the fraternity. Several Masons in each consistory (a citywide body of Scottish Rite Masons) receive their 33rd degree each year, so there are probably a couple hundred 33rd degree Masons in the US, and no list exists for the same reason. A 32nd degree Mason wears a black pillbox hat at Scottish Rite functions (not in lodge), and a 33rd degree wears the same hat in white. If you see a red hat, the wearer is a KCCH (Knight Commander, Court of Honor) which is an honor between 32 and 33. I know this isnt the info you asked for, but hopefully it will give you enough understanding to satisfy the curiosity you have about 32nd degree Masons.

Answer 3

There is not a comprehensive list of 32nd degree Masons. Even the Supreme Council would not have a list because other jurisdictions would have separate lists. If you would ike something to see a broad scope of which famous people are Masons, this link is good:

http://www.masonicinfo.com/famous.htm

Answer 4

The Freemasons are responsible for the Dewey decimal system, the number 23, the country of Switzerland and adverbs; do you really think an organisation that powerful and that secretive would openly publish the names and addresses of their leaders.

Answer 5

It is likely that this is not shared information, but rather the higher order in this matter would have such information, but it would also very likely be laughed upon, the request for such, and also rather impossible, since you would not know who to ask for such, from this understanding.

Answer 6

You can't mind you own business.....