Grand Orient of Brazil

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The Grand Orient of Brazil is a major Masonic obedience and the oldest and largest national Masonic body in Brazil, historically aligned with the liberal, Continental tradition of Freemasonry.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Grand Orient of Brazil canonical 2
Grande Oriente do Brasil 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Masonic grand lodge
Masonic obedience
abbreviation GOB
continent South America
country Brazil
formerHeadquartersLocation Rio de Janeiro
São Paulo
foundedBy Dom Pedro I of Brazil
José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva
foundedIn 1822
hasAffiliation Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite for Brazil
hasBuildingType Masonic temple
hasHistoricalRole Brazilian independence movement
Brazilian political life in the 19th century
hasLeaderTitle Grand Master
hasMembership tens of thousands of Freemasons
hasMotto Liberdade, Igualdade, Fraternidade
hasObjective moral and intellectual improvement of its members
promotion of liberty, equality and fraternity
hasOrganizationalStructure federal system of state grand orients and lodges
hasPublication official Masonic periodicals
hasRitualLanguage Portuguese
hasWebsite official website of the Grand Orient of Brazil
headquartersLocation Brasília
ideology liberalism
inception 1822
isLargest national Masonic body in Brazil
isOldest national Masonic body in Brazil
isPartOf Brazilian Masonic movement
jurisdiction symbolic lodges in Brazil
languageOfWorkOrName Portuguese
locatedIn Brazil
masonicRite Scottish Rite
surface form: Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite

Brazilian Rite
York Rite
masonicTradition Continental Freemasonry
membershipPolicy male-only
nativeLabel Grand Orient of Brazil self-linksurface differs
surface form: Grande Oriente do Brasil
nonProfitStatus non-profit organization
officialLanguage Portuguese
operatesIn Brazilian states
religiousOrientation liberal Freemasonry
requiresBeliefIn Supreme Being
scope national
typeOfOrganization fraternal organization
initiatory society
usesCalendar Masonic calendar
usesSymbol Square and Compasses
surface form: square and compasses

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Continental Freemasonry notableBody Grand Orient of Brazil
International Masonic Association (historical) hasMember Grand Orient of Brazil
subject surface form: International Masonic Association
Grand Orient of Brazil nativeLabel Grand Orient of Brazil self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Grande Oriente do Brasil