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2026-2027 Officers<\/h2>\n

Grand High Priest Rickhart Rowland
Grand King John Bishop
Grand Scribe Charles Ward IV
Grand Secretary Dennis Oakland
Grand Treasurer Johnnie Wallace
Grand Captain of the Host Jeffrey Steik
Grand Principal Sojourner Joseph Smith
Grand Royal Arch Captain Jeffrey Craig
3rd Veil David Miller
2nd Veil Richard Olsen
1st Veil Sean McGrane
Grand Sentinel Vincent Beahr
Grand Chaplain Lee Seagondollar<\/p>\n

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PAST GRAND HIGH PRIESTS<\/h2>\n

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1952 \u2013 1953 MEC Almer J. Peterson, Inaugural GHP
1953 \u2013 1954 MEC Almer J. Peterson **
1954 \u2013 1955 MEC Roy A. A. Larson **
1955 \u2013 1956 ?? Info unavailable
1956 \u2013 1957 MEC Louis Joy **
1957 \u2013 1958 MEC Chester Allain
1958 \u2013 1959 MEC Louis D. Bauta
1959 \u2013 1960 MEC William B. Bevington **
1960 \u2013 1961 MEC Charles M. Maroot
1961 \u2013 1962 MEC Charles Wilson**
1962 \u2013 1963 MEC Edward Leigh Kendall
1963 \u2013 1964 MEC Homer or Herman or Gilliland
1964 \u2013 1965 MEC Travis L. William **
1965 \u2013 1966 MEC Rodney P. Johnson **
1966 \u2013 1967 MEC Forbes Baker **
1967 \u2013 1968 MEC Edwin Palmer
1968 \u2013 1969 MEC Denver P. Andrews
1969 \u2013 1970 ?? Info unavailable
1970 \u2013 1971 MEC Dutch Kaufman
1971 \u2013 1972 MEC Elmer Lanstra
1972 \u2013 1973 ?? Info unavailable
1973 \u2013 1974 MEC Melvin A. Porter**
1974 \u2013 1975 MEC Melvin A. Porter**
1975 \u2013 1976 MEC Milton M. Routzahn**
1976 \u2013 1977 MEC Charles Russell Huber **
1977 \u2013 1978 MEC Antonio A. Carpine **
1978 \u2013 1979 MEC Robert J. Rogers **
1979 \u2013 1980 MEC George C. Rayburn **
1980 \u2013 1981 MEC Littleton F. \u201cBuck\u201d Buxton**
1981 \u2013 1982 MEC Gottfried Ming **
1982 \u2013 1983 MEC Charles F. Johnson**
1983 \u2013 1984 MEC Ray G. Williams **
1984 \u2013 1985 MEC John W. Underwood **
1985 \u2013 1986 MEC Alfred B. Cratty **
1986 \u2013 1987 MEC Lloyd W. Triggs**
1987 \u2013 1988 MEC Howard N. Hobbs **
1988 \u2013 1989 MEC Elmer L. Fry
1989 \u2013 1990 MEC Gene R. Freeman**<\/p>\n

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1990 \u2013 1991 MEC Emmett V. Roetman **
1991 \u2013 1992 MEC Lawrence R. Holyoke**
1992 \u2013 1993 MEC Don B. Winters **
1993 \u2013 1994 MEC Raymond A. Gallant**
1994 \u2013 1995 MEC William B. Fink
(Posthumous) Clucas Officiated
1995 \u2013 1996 MEC William Clucas
1996 \u2013 1997 MEC James W. Morton**
1997 \u2013 1998 MEC Russell A. Burnett **
1998 \u2013 1999 MEC William H. Lefferson**
1999 \u2013 2000 MEC David A. Hunt
2000 \u2013 2001 MEC Stanley R. Foulke
2001 – 2002 MEC Charles O. Ashcraft**
2002 – 2003 MEC Don G. Chaffin
2003 – 2004 MEC Robert Fulton**
2004 – 2005 MEC Mitchell R. Miller
2005 – 2006 MEC Fred Angleton**
2006 – 2007 MEC Leonard Bibler**
2007 – 2008 MEC Russell Hintz **
2008 – 2009 MEC Eugene Prentice **
2009 – 2010 MEC Johnnie Wallace
2010 – 2011 MEC Michael Pursey
2011 – 2012 MEC Thomas Schram
2012 – 2013 MEC John P. Johnson
2013 – 2014 MEC L. Alvin Hill
2014 – 2015 MEC Lee O. Seagondollar
2015 – 2016 Vacated
2016 – 2017 MEC Dennis Oakland
2017 – 2018 MEC Harry Telling
2018 – 2019 MEC Mike Starkey
2019 – 2020 MEC Nicholas Adair
2020 – 2022 MEC James Hogg
2022 – 2024 MEC Bruce Kling
2004 -2025\u00a0 MEC Prince D. Selvaraj
2025 – 2026 MEC Keith Herve<\/p>\n

** Deceased<\/p>\n

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