Papal visit by the numbers

58

HECTARES

Land area of Rizal Park

1-1.2

MILLION

Estimated capacity of Rizal Park

6

MILLION

Expected number of people

to attend Mass at Rizal Park

4

MILLION

Estimated number of people

who attended the Mass

led by Pope John Paul II

in 1995—“the largest papal

crowd in history”—according

to Guinness World Records

200

Number of bishops who

will attend the Pope’s Mass

2,500

Number of priests who

will attend the Pope’s Mass

5,000

Number of lay ministers

to give Communion during

the Pope’s Mass

1,000

Number of choir members accompanied by

a 200-member orchestra

that will provide music

at the Pope’s Mass

400

Portalets that will be set up around the park

20

First-aid stations that

will be set up around the park

18

LED screens that will be

set up along the stretch

of Roxas Boulevard to Anda

Circle to allow spillover

crowds to follow the Mass at

Quirino Grandstand

50

Number of quadrants

that Rizal Park was

divided into as part

of crowd-control measures

Compiled by Mariele Medina

Source: Inquirer Archives