Siminoff Allied Masonic Degrees Council No. 485
The Allied Masonic Degrees are an invitational organization, and requires membership in the Royal Arch as well as the Symbolic Lodge. Membership is limited to 27 members per council.
Sovereign Master
J. Prestage
Senior Warden
TBD
Junior Warden
TBD
Treasurer
D. Chhabra
Secretary
B. Rick
Chaplain
TBD
Director of Ceremonies
TBD
Senior Deacon
TBD
Junior Deacon
TBD
Inner Guard
TBD
Tyler
TBD
Officers for 2025
Meeting Location
34400 Mission Blvd., Union City 94587-3604
Meeting Dates
Second Sunday of March, June, September and December at 3:30 pm
After each business meeting
we practice a degree.
Dining
Opportunity to eat in the Dining Room after the meeting.
Secretary Contact
Bruce A. Rick
bar972@outlook.com
Past Sovereign Masters
2010 – E. Fentum
2011 – S. Bransgrove
2012 – P. Hardiman
2013 – J. Yelinek
2014 – M. Bole
2015 – A. Rivas
2016 – C. Grech
2017 – M. Patterson
2018 – C. Trueblood
2019 – R. Fiechtner
2020 – T. Pryor
2021 – E. Prado
2022 – J. Larin
2023 – M. Ramos
2024 – J. Prestage
2025 – J. Prestage
Three-Year Degree Conferral and Meeting Cycle
Year 2
St. Lawrence the Martyr
Royal Ark Mariner
Order of the Secret Monitor (Admissions Degree)
Installation
Year 3
St. Lawrence the Martyr
Order of the Secret Monitor (Prince Degree)
Architect Degrees/Excellent Master Lecture Series
Installation
Year 1
St. Lawrence the Martyr
Knight of Constantinople
Grand Tilers of Solomon
Installation
*Architect Degree Series, Excellent Master and
Masters of Tyre conferred as written analysis.
Degrees under the auspices of the
Grand Council Allied Masonic Degrees in America
Council History
In 1993, Edgar W. Fentum (member of Escorial Council, Time Immemorial meeting in Havant, England) attended his first meeting of a Council of the Allied Masonic Degrees (AMD) in California. It was held during a Sunday Brunch. He was dismayed to discover that this was the practice of some Allied Masonic Degree Councils in the United States.
In 1994, Bro. Fentum applied for and received a Charter for Britannia Council No. 303 meeting in Los Altos, California and served as its first Sovereign Master.
Britannia Council adopted many practices of an English Council, i.e., holding tyled meetings, conferring degrees and presenting the occasional research paper.
In 2007, Bro. Fentum moved to the Masonic Homes of California in Union City, California and in 2010 founded Siminoff Council No. 485, which also labours in the English Council manner.
As a mark of affection, the unshorn lamb skin aprons, crafted by Bro. Fentum, are continuing to be worn by the Officers of the Siminoff Council when conferring the Royal Ark Mariner Degree.
