The Order of the Purple Cross of York, the highest honor of the College, is conferred upon those members of the College who have distinguished themselves by their service to humanity or to the Rite. The recipients are designated Associate Regents of the Sovereign College.
1990 John Minor Barksdale
1997 Raymond A. Blalack
1997 Zackery Stephen Davidchik, Jr.
1999 Fred Edwin Allen
2000 Thomas Graves Keithly, Jr.
2001 Riley Craig Williams
2003 Gerhardt Dieter Krawitz
2003 Charles F. Kuehlem, Jr.
2003 Patrick Henry Waddle
2004 Charles Louis Hopkins
2004 Harold David Moore1
2004 L. Scott Wall
2005 William Perry Irving, Jr.
2005 Timothy M. La Vergne, Sr.
2006 David Grant Anderson1
2006 Alfred Edward Bell
2006 Rufus Perry Conner2
2007 Francis Edwin “Skip” Smith, Jr.
2008 John Earl Gibson
2008 Jerrel Boyd Jones1
2009 Carl Howard Garrison
2010 Walter J. Holt
2011 Henry Allen Carrigan
2012 Robert Gene Kirk3
2012 Malin Gene Terrell
2013 Floyd Glen Day
2015 David Earl Kinney
2016 Gary D. Dixon
2017 William Harold Collum, Jr.
2018 Keith Allan Bates
2019 Roger Dale Carney
2020 Robert Brian Cook
2022 Raymond James Vinson II
2023 Matt Marshall Cast
2024 Scott David Stanton
1 Received from Lyle L. Cross York Rite College No. 147
2 Received from Southwest York Rite College No. 90
3 Received from Trinity York Rite College No. 157