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Office: 186 Tremont Street, Room 405
Boston, MA 02111-1003
Phone: (617) 426-1973
Toll Free: (866) 426-1973

York Rite Office Administrator, 
Leon H. Cudworth, Jr.
E: grandsec@mayorkrite.org

Chapter: Grand Secretary, M.E.
Ernest A. Bean
E: grandsec-GRAC@mayorkrite.org

Council Grand Recorder, M.I.
Manual Ferreira III
E: GrandRec@mayorkrite.org

Comandery Em. Grand Recorder, S.K.
Frank J. Kautz II
E: GrandRec-MARI@mayorkrite.org

Grand Council Officers 2025-2026


OFFICE NAME COUNCIL
Grand Master M:.I:.  Jacob Tyler Yanovich Temple
Deputy Grand Master R:.I:. Jack Carroll Bowden, Jr. Fall River
Grand Principal Conductor of Work R:.I:. Brian Alfred Handy Harris
Grand Treasurer R:.I:. Robert John Jingozian Cryptic
Grand Recorder M:.I:.  Manuel Ferreira III Fall River
     
Senior Grand Chaplain V:.I:. and Rev. Henry Istvan Peirce Boston
Grand Chaplain V:.I:. and Cantor Seth Alan Landau Cryptic
Grand Chaplain V:.I:. and Rev. Peter-Michael Preble Temple
Grand Chaplain Emeritus V:.I:. Roland Sidney Packard Springfield
     
Director of Ritual M:.I:. Donald Willard Carriger, Jr. Orient
Grand Lecturers R:.I:. Leon Herbert Cudworth, Jr. Fall River
  R:.I:. William Robert Epp, Jr. Taunton
  V:.I:. Eugene Arthur Haley Salem-Zebulun
  V:.I:. Matthew Adam Niedermeier Boston
     
Grand Master Ceremonies R:.I:. Matthew John Wissell Hiram
Grand Captain of the Guard V:.I:. Robert Yifei Chan Boston
Grand Conductor of the Council V:.I:. Adam Jacob Puchalski Haverhill
Grand Steward V:.I:. Matthew Marc Boeckeler Milford
Grand Standard Bearer V:.I:. John Christoper Christie Springfield
Grand Sword Bearer V:.I:. Stephen Scott Goddu Cape Cod
Grand Sentinel V:.I:. Russell Henry Dumas Temple
Grand Organist R:.I:. John Kyron Andrews Hiram
     
Grand Historian M:.I:. Donald Willard Carriger, Jr. Orient
Assistant Grand Historian Comp. Walter Howard Hunt Temple
     
Trustee - Term Ends 2026 V:.I:. W. Warren Richardson, Jr. Boston
Trustee - Term Ends 2027 M:.I:. Charles Rogers Austin Orient
Trustee - Term Ends 2028 M:.I:. Donald Willard Carriger, Jr. Orient