San Roque procession down to Santa Ana: extraordinary triduum in Garachicoverified
Garachico opens an extraordinary solemn triduum in honour of San Roque on Friday 13 November at 18:00, marking ten years since he became patron saint of the municipality and 25 years as its Honorary and Perpetual Mayor. After the opening prayer at the Ermita de San Roque, the image is carried in procession down to the Parroquia de Santa Ana, where the San Roque joven mass follows at 19:00.
From 13 to 15 November 2026 Garachico holds an extraordinary solemn triduum in honour of San Roque, marking the 10th anniversary of his official appointment as patron saint of the municipality and the 25th anniversary of his appointment as Honorary and Perpetual Mayor (Alcalde Honorario y Perpetuo) of the Villa y Puerto. It opens on Friday 13 November at 18:00 at the Ermita de San Roque, with the opening prayer and the start of the procession carrying San Roque down to the Parroquia de Santa Ana.
The procession follows the streets San Roque, Puerto del Rosario, Santo Domingo, San Sebastián, Eutropio Rodríguez de la Sierra, the Glorieta de San Francisco, Francisco Montes de Oca y García and Fco. Martínez de Fuentes to the Parroquia de Santa Ana, accompanied by the clergy, the Banda de Música de Garachico and the faithful. At 19:00 in Santa Ana, on the first day of the triduum, San Roque joven, Mass is celebrated with the special participation of young people, presided over by the diocesan bishop Eloy Alberto Santiago Santiago, during which five young people will be confirmed. On Saturday 14 at 18:00, the second day (San Roque cuidador y sanador), Mass in Santa Ana has the special participation of the sick and the elderly, and the Anointing is given to those who ask for it. The triduum ends on Sunday 15 with the return procession to the hermitage. The celebrations are in Spanish.
