Hilario Moncado
Filipino politician (1898–1956)
Hilario Camino Moncado (November 4, 1898 – April 9, 1956) was a Filipino religious and political leader. He was the founder and leader of the Filipino Crusaders World Army (formerly the Filipino Federation of America), a religious and patriotic group in the Philippines colloquially known as the Moncadistas.
Early life and education
Moncado was born in Pondol, Balamban, Cebu, to a poor rural family. His parents were recorded in official biographies of the Filipino Federation of America as Gregorio Moncado and Filomena Moncado y Camino. The date of his birth in FFA sources is November 4, 1898. However, his official baptismal certificate show that he was actually born on November 3, 1895, and baptized on November 4, 1895, under the name Hilarion Camino Moncada.
The discrepancy in the date is explained by Buenaventura (1991) as a way for his religious organization to justify the claim that he was a reincarnation of José Rizal. Since Rizal died in 1896, Moncado can not have a birthdate before Rizal's death.
Moncado was unusually tall for a Filipino and for the time period. He was described as being over 6 ft (1.8 m) tall.
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