La Loma Cemetery
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The La Loma Catholic Cemetery (Campo Santo de La Loma) was opened in 1884 and is found in the cities of Manila and Caloocan.
[edit] Notable burials
- Carmelino G. Alvendia (1906-1982), a former justice of the Court of Appeals
- Cayetano Arellano (1848-1920), 1st Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court
- Librada Avelino (), founder of Centro Escolar University
- Brother H. Gabriel Connon FSC, onetime president of the De La Salle University
- Felisa P. Dayrit (), a revolutionary nurse
- Josefa Llanes Escoda, women's rights advocate and founder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines; in an unmarked grave [1]
- Victorino Mapa (1855-1927), 2nd Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court
- Pablo Ocampo (1853-1925), resident commissioner to the US Congress
- Teodora Salgado-Ulmann (), a contributor to the revolution
- Leo Echegaray (1960-1999), first man who sentenced to death by lethal injection since the restoration of death penalty in the Philippines
[edit] See also
- Manila North Cemetery
- Manila Chinese Cemetery
- Libingan ng mga Bayani
- Manila American Cemetery and Memorial