When the Jesuits were expelled in all dominions of the Spanish crown including the Philippines, the Augustinian mission which succeeded them transferred and established their mission in Palo and declared it as a town in 1768.The Colonial Odyssey of Leyte by Rolando Borrinaga and Father Cantius J. Kobak OFM, an English translation of Reseña de la Provincia de Leyte por Manuel Artigas y Cuerva.
