Masons in the Constitutional Convention

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Title
Masons in the Constitutional Convention
Language
English
Source
The Cabletow Volume XXXVIII (No. 3) September 1962
Year
1962
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In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
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Masons in the Constitutional Convention From time to time inquiries are made by curious Brother Masons as to how many of the members of the constitutional convention which framed the Philippine Constitu­ tion were members of the Craft. We are indebted to Wor. Bro. Eduardo L. Claudio, P.M., Batan­ gas, Lodge No. 35, for the following list which should answer that ques­ tion. There were 400 delegates to that convention from all over the country and 41 of them, accord­ ing to Bro. Claudio, were Masons. Name Masonic Lodge Prov. Represented 1. Bro. Gaudencio E. Abordo ............... Palawan No. 99 ........................ Palawan Z. ” Marcelo Adduru ....................... Gonzaga No. 66 ....................... Cagayan 3. ” Manuel T. Albero ..................... Marble No. 58 ........................... Romblon 1. " Jose Alejandrino ....................... Gran Oriente Espanol ........... Pampanga 5. ” Jose Altavas ............................... Makawiwili No. 55 ......................... Capiz 6. ” Eugenio Baltao ........................ Malolos No. 46 ................... Nueva Ecija 7. ” Antonino Barrion ...................... Batangas No. 35 ..................... Batangas 1. ” Felix B. Bautista ..................... Pampanga No. 48 ................. Pampanga 9. ” Conrado Benitez ........................ Bagumbayan No. 4 .................. Laguna 10. ” Julio Borbon ............................... Abra No. 86 ................................... Abra 11. ” Nicolas Buendia ....................... Malolos No. 46 ......................... Bulacan 12. ” Leon Cabarroguis .................... vValana No. 13 .............. Nueva Vizcaya 13. ” Rafael S. Castillo ...................... Sarangani No. 50 ......................... Davao 14. ” Castor P. Cruz ................. Silangan No. 19 ............................... Rizal 15. ” Domingo T. Dikit ...................... Bagumbayan No. 4 .......................... Rizal 16. ” Manuel C. Fernandez ................. Maguindanao No. 40 .. Oriental Misamis 17. ” Vicente J. Francisco ................. Sinukuan No. 16 ............................. Cavite 18. ” Pedro Guevarra ......................... Pinagsabitan No. 26 ................. Laguna 19. " Jose Gutierrez David .............. Pampanga No. 48 .................. Pampanga 20. ” Felipe E. Jose ............................ Baguio No. 67 ............................. Baguio 21. ” Alejo Labrador ......................... Pinatubo No. 52 ....................... Zambales 22. ” Jose P. Laurel .......................... Batangas No. 35 ....................... Batangas 23. ” Cipriano Liboro ......................... Tamaraw No. 65 ....................... Mindoro 21. ” Saturnino Moldero .................... Xcrli Me Tangere No. 42 .. Mt. Province 25. ” Luis Morales ............................... Isagani No. 96 ............................... Tarlac 26. ” Ricardo Nepomuceno ............... Luz Oceanica No. 85 ........... Marinduque 27'. ” Luciano Ortiz ............................. Sinukuan No. 16 ........................... Samar 28. ” Camilo Osias .............................. Bagumbayan No. 4 .............. La Union 29. ” Rafael Palma ............................. Sinukuan No. 16 ........................... Manila 30. ” Menandang Piang ..................... Noli Me Tangere No. 42 ........ Cotabato 31. ” Demetrio Quirino ...................... Mjsgat No. 68 .................. Nueva Vizcaya 32. ” Manuel A. Roxas ..................... Makawiwili No. 55 ....................... Capiz 33. ” Florentino Saguin .................... Mount Apo No. 45 ............... Zamboanga 31. ” Teodorico Sandiko ................... Gran Oriente Espanol ............. Bulacan 35. ’’ Exequiel M. Santos ................ Cabanatuan No. 53 .......... Nueva Ecija 36. ” Juse G. Sanvictores .................. Bagumbayan No. 4 .............. Bukidnon 37. ” Eusebio V. Sison ...................... Pangasinan No. 56 ............... Panga->inan 38. ” Enrique Sobrepena .................. Bagumbayan No. 4 .............. La Union 39. ” Hermenegildo Villanueva .... Mount Kaladias No. 91 .... Or. Negros 40. ” Antonio Villarama ................... Ibarra No. 31 ........................... Bulacan 41. ” Jose Zurbito ............................... Sinukuan No. 16 ....................... Masbate 69