Higino "Inong" Anoya Acala Sr. (January 11, 1925 – September 20, 1968) was a Filipino lawyer and civil servant.

He was one of the key persons and important characters in the creation of "Bugho for Municipal Movement" during the mid-1950s.

Calbasag in Julita, Leyte and was the seventh of the eleven siblings of six girls and seven boys.

Acala studied his pre-law education at the University of the East in Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines to obtain a Bachelor of Arts degree.

He married a native of Bugho named Beatrize A. Maballo with whom he had the following children: Evelyn, Higino Jr., and Brenilyn.