Ruperto Cadava Kangleón was a Filipino military officer and politician. He was a native of the municipality of Macrohon in the province now named Southern Leyte.
Photograph from the Blue Book: First Anniversary of the Republic of the Philippines, published 1947
Col. Ruperto Kangleon reporting to General Douglas MacArthur.
Macrohon, officially the Municipality of Macrohon, is a municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 27,276 people.
Ruperto Kangleon
…Ruperto Cadava Kangleón (March 27, 1890 – February 27, 1958) was a Filipino military officer and politician. He was a native of the municipality of Macrohon in the province now named Southern Leyte. Kangleón was the acknowledged leader of the Resistance Movement in Leyte during the Japanese occupation of…
Parish Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Barangay San Vicente
Punta in Flordeliz, Macrohon
Statue of Our Lady of Fatima at the Fatima Hills in Barangay Ichon.
An aerial view of the Molopolo-Santa Cruz Marine Sanctuary as seen in April 2022, Macrohon, Southern Leyte, Philippines