[2] He took his pre-school education at the nearby Holy Ghost College, and after his second grade, joined his elder brothers at Ateneo de Manila.

Emmanuel Gopengco, and future Central Bank of the Philippines Governor Jose B. Fernandez Jr.. One of his classmates, Justice Ricardo Puno Sr., described Escaler as "...a regular guy.

He likewise narrated that when some of his girl admirers learned that Escaler will join the Jesuits, they visited him a day before he entered the seminary.

[4] Despite initial hesitation from his mother,[5] he entered the Jesuits at the Sacred Heart Novitiate, Novaliches, Quezon City during his birthday in 1941.

Vicente San Juan, Raymundo Echaus, and Rafael Santos; they joined the other Jesuits who entered earlier that year, such as Fr.

[6] The outbreak of World War II prompted them to move to different locations, first at the Ateneo de Manila campus in Padre Faura, then at the La Ignaciana estate in Sta.

For his Regency, he was assigned at the San Jose Seminary from 1948-1951, where he taught English, Latin, Tagalog, Spanish, Sociology, Philippine Government, and Geometry, as well as serving as Prefect of Discipline to major seminarians and moderator of the choir, Sodality, and INSTA.

[1] He was ordained deacon on June 18, 1954 by the Apostolic Vicar of Carolina and Marshall Island, Bishop Thomas John Feeney.

[1] On June 12, 1976, Escaler was appointed by Pope Paul VI as Prelate of the newly-established Prelature of Kidapawan and titular bishop to the Girus Tarasii.

On February 23, 1980, Escaler was appointed by Pope John Paul II as Prelate of the newly-established Prelature of Ipil and would remain in the post until his retirement in 1997.

[13] He then spent his retirement years in his ancestral house in San Miguel, Manila, living with his relatives who fondly called him as "Bish.

"[14] He became the Spiritual Director of Buklod ng Pag-Ibig, Chaplain of the Asian Institute of Management and the Cenacle Prayer Group.

[16] After his wake in the Ateneo de Manila University Campus, he was buried together with his other departed Jesuit brothers at the Sacred Heart Novitiate, Quezon City.