South Texas York Rite College #169

Chartered July 31, 1994

College Officers 2011 - 2012

Governor Elmer R. “Pete” Mitchell

Deputy Governor James R. Beeler

Chancellor Joseph A. Avalos

Treasurer Thomas H. Cooper III, PG

Secretary Tommy C. Wimberly

Primate Dillon E. Vanderford, Jr

Preceptor Henry F. Dove

Seneschal Robert E. Wooten

Marshal Michael J. Kuhlmann

Sentinel Charles W. Shipley

Stated Meetings: Saturdays in May, August, November and February held at the York Rite Masonic Temple – Located at 1538 Baldwin in Corpus Christi

Information:

The York Rite College is an invitational only body. All candidates are proposed by members and elected before the candidate is notified. The only entrance is through the door of Service to the various York Rite bodies. The members are designated a “Knight of York”. The oldest known Masonic document is the Regius manuscript dating from 1390 and refers to the year 926 AD in York England during the reign of King Althelstane, grandson of Alfred the Great.

The York Rite Colleges are governed by the York Rite Sovereign College of North America, which bestows the prestigious “Order of the Purple Cross” on a very limited number of members in recognition for outstanding service. Our College covers the area from Victoria, and Port Lavaca, through Corpus Christi to include the Rio Grande Valley.

Contact: Tommy C. Wimberly - Secretary

Phone: (361) 992-1946

Email: Twimbo@aol.com