Atlas of Brazil

Brazil
Brazil with administrative divisions shown.
Location of Brazil

The Bahá’í Faith began in Brazil in 1919 with Bahá’ís visiting the country in that year, and the first Bahá’í Local Spiritual Assembly in Brazil was established in 1928. There followed a period of growth with the arrival of coordinated pioneers from the United States finding national Brazilian converts and in 1961 an independent national Bahá’í community was formed. During the 1992 Earth Summit, which was held in Brazil, the international and local Bahá’í community were given the responsibility for organizing a series of different programs, and since then the involvements of the Bahá’í community in the country have continued to multiply.

National Assembly: Brazil
Official Website: http://www.bahai.org.br/
Statistics
Population: 207,652,865
Bahá’í pop.: 55,000
Local Assemblies: 66
History
First Bahá’í to visit: [?]Martha Root
First pioneers: Leonora Armstrong
First National Assembly: 1961

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