Regular Grand Lodge of Portugal

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Coat of arms of the GLRP
Grand Master of the GLRP
Almiro Gaspar Marques

The Regular Grand Lodge of Portugal was founded on June 29, 1991 with recognition of the Grande Loge Nationale Française and registered as a notarial association in Lisbon on July 15, 1991 .

history

The history of Freemasonry in Portugal was turbulent. In 1743, John Coustos and two other members of his lodge were captured by the Inquisition and questioned under torture. Cousto's book details his story of suffering under the Inquisition and became an important source of early Masonic rituals . The story continues with the Masonic Da Costa, who was also arrested by the Inquisition for his Masonic activities but escaped and escaped to London in 1805, where he joined the Antiquity Lodge .

In the 1980s, the Grande Loge Nationale Française founded numerous lodges in Portugal and English Freemasonry also returned through the sponsorship of the Prince Henry and Navigator Lodge . In 1991 the Regular Grand Lodge of Portugal was constituted with the support of the Grande Loge Nationale Française .

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In 1996, the Regular Grand Lodge of Portugal split into the Grande Loja Legal de Portugal (GLLP), which is recognized as regular by the United Grand Lodge of England , and the Grande Loja Regular de Portugal (GLRP), which, however, is confirmed in court as the original Grand Lodge has been.

Grande Loja Regular de Portugal

Almiro Gaspar Marques was elected the current grandmaster on June 25, 2005 and was appointed to office on September 24, 2005.

Grande Loja Legal de Portugal

Alberto Trovão do Rosário has been the Grand Master of the GLLP since December 13, 2003.

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  1. ↑ Grande Loge Nationale Française ( Memento of the original from September 1, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.glnf.asso.fr
  2. ↑ http://www.grandlodge-england.org/provinces/olodges/euro.htm

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