Freemasonry in Cuba

Grand Lodge of Cuba

Formation	Origins of the movement, 1762 Formally Recognized, August 1, 1876
Location	Havana, Cuba, 508 Salvador Allende Avenue Cuba
Coordinates	23°07′56″N 82°22′12″W / 23.13229050152272°N 82.37009130051312°W / 23.13229050152272; -82.37009130051312
Grand Master	Mario Alberto Urquía Carreño

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Freemasonry in Cuba has a long history in three primary eras; the Spanish era of Cuba, the Republican era of Cuba, and the Communist–Republican era of Cuba.^[1] Many of the independence fighters and revolutionaries in the history of Cuba were members of the Freemasons, including Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Francisco Javier de Céspedes, José Martí, Ignacio Agramonte, and others.^[2][3] Freemasonry in Cuba can trace its origins back to 1762, with various lodges forming and evolving over the centuries, however, the Grand Lodge of Cuba dates back to August 1, 1876. Despite being expelled from the Conference of North America in 1962, following the Cuban Revolution, the Grand Lodge of Cuba is recognized as "Regular and Correct," by the majority of Lodges around the world.^[3] As of a survey in 2010, the islands of Cuba have 316 Masonic Lodges.^[4] The Grand Lodge of Cuba is unique in that it allows women to be regular masons in the fraternal brotherhood, and not just members of women-only lodges such as the Order of the Eastern Star.^[5]

The Cuban activist and historian Emilio Roig de Leuchsenring wrote of Freemasonry in Cuba:

"To fully express what freemasonry represents for us in a few words, suffice to say that, without mentioning it once, twice and perhaps a thousand times, one cannot write the history of Cuban culture or Cuba’s struggle for freedom.”^[6]