The Grande Oriente Español ( es, Gran Oriente Español) is the oldest traditional Masonic body in Spain. It was founded in September 1889 by the unificaion of the Gran Oriente de España (GOdE) and the Gran Oriente Nacional de España (GONE). Among its Grand Masters was Diego Martínez Barrio, prime minister of Spain and founder of the Republican Union.1863-1923
, Brief History of the Spanish Masonry The Grande Oriente was a member of the International Masonic Association, which was under the influence of the

Grand Orient de France The Grand Orient de France (GODF) is the oldest and largest of several Freemasonry, Freemasonic organizations based in France and is the oldest in Continental Europe (as it was formed out of an older Grand Lodge of France in 1773, and briefly ab ...

Grand Masters

Gran Oriente Nacional de España (1865–1887)

* Ramón Calatrava (1865–1876) * Juan Antonio Seoane y Bayón (1876–1887)

Gran Oriente Nacional de España, presidido por Pantoja (1887–1896)

* José María Pantoja (1887–1896)

Gran Oriente Nacional de España en torno al Vizconde de Ros (1887–1893)

* Alfredo Vega y Fernández, vizconde de Ros (1887–)

Gran Oriente de España (1870–1889)

* Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla (1870–1874) * Juan de la Somera (1874–1875) * Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1876–1880) * Antonio Romero Ortiz (1881–1884) *

Manuel Becerra Bermúdez Manuel Becerra Bermúdez (20 October 1820 – 19 December 1896) was a Spanish politician, mathematician and revolutionary. A Republican who would later embrace monarchism, he went on to assume the ministerial portfolios of Overseas and Developmen ...

(1884–1885)

Unification (1889-1938)

Miguel Morayta Sagrario --> Miguel is a given name and surname, the Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Michael. It may refer to: Places *Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands *São Miguel (disambi ...

(1889–1901) * Emilio Menéndez Pallarés (1901–1904) *

José Marenco Gualter José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacu ...

(1904–1906) * Miguel Morayta Sagrario (1906–1917) **

Antonio López de Villar Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular mal ...

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José Lescura Borrás José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacu ...

(interim) * Luis Simarro Lacabra (1917–1921) *

Augusto Barcia Trelles Augusto is an Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish given name or surname. Notable people with the name include: *Augusto Aníbal *Augusto dos Anjos *Augusto Arbizo *Augusto Barbera (born 1938), Italian law professor, politician and judge *Augusto B ...

(1921–1922) *

Enrique Gras Morillo Enrique () is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian), Heinrich (German), Hendrik, Henk ...

(1922–1923) *

José María Rodríguez Rodríguez José María Rodríguez Rodríguez, also known as Mayia (June 13, 1849 - May 25, 1903), was a Cuban military man who served in the Ten Years' War, Ten Years War Cuban military personnel 1849 births 1903 deaths {{Cuba-mil-bio-stub ...

(1924–1925) *

Demófilo de Buen Lozano Antonio Machado Álvarez, better known by his pseudonym Demófilo ( Santiago de Compostela, 1848 – Seville, 4 February 1893), was a writer, anthropologist, and Spanish folklorist. He was the son of the noted Spanish folklorist, Cipriana Álvarez ...

(1926–1929) * Diego Martínez Barrio (1929–1930) * Diego Martínez Barrio (1930–1934) **

Fermín de Zayas Molina Fermín or Fermin may refer to: * Fermin, Spanish saint * Fermin (name), Spanish name and surname * Fermin IV Fermin (also Firmin, from Latin ''Firminus''; Spanish ''Fermín'') was a legendary holy man and martyr, traditionally venerated as the c ...

(interim) *

Ángel Rizo Bayona Angel is a given name meaning "angel", "messenger". In the English-speaking world Angel is used for both boys and girls. From the medieval Latin masculine name ''Angelus'', which was derived from the name of the heavenly creature (itself derived ...

(1935–1938)

References

External links

Museo Virtual de Historia de la Masonería
Masonic organizations Grand Lodges {{Spain-org-stub