Confederation of Grand Orients / Brazil
COMAB Grand Orients
COMAB is a confederation of Brazilian Grand Orients whose public history begins with the 1973 formation of the Colégio de Presidentes da Maçonaria Brasileira after several state Grand Orients disaffiliated from GOB. It coordinates member bodies without making them one interchangeable obedience.
This is chiefly a guide to constitutional position in Brazil: what COMAB Grand Orients in Brazil governs, how its local bodies are warranted and where recognition questions need an official answer. By Beyond the Craft Editorial Team · Published 14 June 2026 · Last reviewed 21 June 2026 · 8 min read.
What it is
COMAB Grand Orients is a governing or coordinating body rather than a degree to be collected. The useful local questions concern its warranted Lodges, recognition relationships, territorial authority and candidate process.
Why people explore it
Readers interested in autonomous Grand Orient traditions and Brazil's plural Masonic landscape.
What not to assume
COMAB Grand Orients is not a degree above another Masonic body. It is a governing or coordinating structure, and its authority and recognition cannot be inferred from size, age or a familiar emblem.
Documented chronology
COMAB dates the founding of the Colégio de Presidentes da Maçonaria Brasileira to this meeting in Belo Horizonte. [1]
The public history says ten state Grand Orients jointly disaffiliated from GOB during this period. [1]
COMAB presents itself as a confederation of Masonic obediences that meets annually and renews administration each year. [1]
The 1973 rupture is the useful anchor
COMAB's own history centres on 1973, when ten state Grand Orients moved away from GOB and formed the Colégio de Presidentes da Maçonaria Brasileira. That gives the page a specific institutional origin rather than a generic description of 'another Brazilian group'. [1]
The public account emphasises autonomy, independence and sovereignty of the state Grand Orients. COMAB coordination did not dissolve those identities into one Grand Orient. [1]
Confederation and recognition
COMAB says it meets ordinarily each year and deals with internal matters and election of administration. That makes it a coordinating body for member obediences, not a direct Lodge warranting authority for every Brazilian Lodge. [1]
Recognition and visitation should be checked through the relevant Grand Orient and any body a visitor hopes to attend. A COMAB label alone is not enough. [1]
How it differs from CMSB
CMSB speaks for a network of regular state Grand Lodges whose own public history leads through the 1927 Grand Lodge movement and the 1966 confederation. COMAB's story is a Grand Orient story rooted in 1973. [2] [3]
Both are confederative, but they are not the same confederation and do not describe the same constitutional family. [1] [3]
Who may value it
COMAB may matter to a candidate or visitor whose local Lodge belongs to a member Grand Orient and whose Masonic life is shaped by that Grand Orient's constitution, rites and recognition relationships. [1]
It may not be the right reference point for a Lodge under GOB or a CMSB member Grand Lodge. In Brazil, the warranting body comes first. [1] [2]
Key distinction
COMAB belongs to the Grand Orient family of Brazilian Masonry; it is distinct from both GOB and the CMSB state Grand Lodge system.
Key questions
Frequently asked questions
What most distinguishes COMAB Grand Orients?
COMAB belongs to the Grand Orient family of Brazilian Masonry; it is distinct from both GOB and the CMSB state Grand Lodge system.
Who may join COMAB Grand Orients?
Candidates apply through a constituent Lodge of the relevant Grand Orient. Current recognition must be verified with both local and visiting authorities. Check the current Lodge or district directory and ask the named constitutional office for advice relevant to Brazil.
How should its history be understood?
COMAB dates the founding of the Colégio de Presidentes da Maçonaria Brasileira to this meeting in Belo Horizonte. The useful chronology is the record of warrants, unions and constitutional authority, not the age claimed by a local tradition.
What should I compare with COMAB Grand Orients?
Start with Grande Oriente do Brasil and CMSB State Grand Lodges. Compare what each authority warrants, recognises and administers before comparing ritual labels.
- COMAB: history ↗Confederacao Maconica do Brasil · Official organisational source · Retrieved 21 June 2026 · Supports: 1973 history, confederation, autonomous Grand Orients.
- GOB: institutional history ↗Grande Oriente do Brasil · Official organisational source · Retrieved 21 June 2026 · Supports: GOB comparison, Brazilian Grand Orient context.
- CMSB: sobre ↗Confederacao da Maconaria Simbolica do Brasil · Official organisational source · Retrieved 21 June 2026 · Supports: CMSB comparison, state Grand Lodge context.
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