Traslacion 2026 crowd reaches 1 million — Quiapo Church

The crowd attending this year’s traslacion has grown to one million on Friday evening, according to the Quiapo Church. 

As of 6 p.m., church officials estimated the total number of devotees at 961,200. 

This included 811,200 devotees at the current location of the andas and 150,000 at the Quiapo Church. 

An hour later at 7 p.m., the estimated crowd increased to 980,800. 

Around 830,000 people were surrounding the andas at its current location while 150,000 more were monitored at the Quiapo Church. 

At 8 p.m., the crowd reached 1,076,800.

This included 820,000 people at the current location of the andas and 256,800 at the Quiapo Church. 

This year’s Traslacion started at Quirino Grandstand at 4 a.m. Friday.

The route of the procession covers the following roads and streets: 

• From Quirino Grandstand 
• Left to Katigbak Drive
• Right to Padre Burgos Street through Finance Road
• Straight to Ayala Boulevard
• L Palanca
• R Quezon Boulevard
• R Arlegui Street
• R Fraternal Street
• R Vergara Street
• L Duque de Alba Street
• L Castillejos Street
• L Farnecio Street
• R Arlegui Street
• L Nepomuceno Street
• L Concepcion Aguila Street
• R Carcer Street
• R Hidalgo Street through Plaza del Carmen
• L Bilibid Viejo through Gil Puyat
• R Z.P. de Guzman Street 
• R Hidalgo Street
• L Quezon Boulevard 
• R Palanca Street through under Quezon Bridge 
• R Villalobos Street through Plaza Miranda going to Quiapo Church

As of 9:42 p.m., live footage of the procession showed the andas was on Vergara Street. —VBL, GMA Integrated News