Officers of a Lodge
( This page was last updated on 12 May 2009 at 20:41 ) 

This is a list of the Officers in a Pennsylvania Blue Lodge.  The order the Offices are listed is the normal proper pecking order, starting at the top.  The Officers included those that are elected by the Brethren each year and those that are appointed by the Worshipful Master each year.

Elected Officers of a Lodge
 

Worshipful Master (Elected each year)

Senior Warden (Elected each year)

Junior Warden (Elected each year)

Treasurer (Elected each year)

Secretary (Elected each year)

Trustees (Usually 3) (Elected each year)

Representative to Grand Lodge (Elected each year)

Substitute Representative to Grand Lodge (Elected each year)

Appointed Officers of a Pennsylvania Lodge
  

Senior Deacon (Appointed by the Worshipful Master for One year) 

Junior Deacon (Appointed by the Worshipful Master for One year)

Chaplain (Appointed by the Worshipful Master for One year)

Senior Master of Ceremonies (Appointed by the Worshipful Master for One year)

Junior Master of Ceremonies (Appointed by the Worshipful Master for One year)

Pursuivant (Appointed by the Worshipful Master for One year)

Tyler (Appointed by the Worshipful Master for One year)

Stewards (Appointed by the Worshipful Master for One year)
    (Not all Lodges have Stewards)

All of the Appointed Officers of a Lodge are appointed by the new Worshipful Master for a term of One Masonic Year but they can be reappointed for addition years by each new Worshipful Master.