Bishop Noel Portal Pedregosa

Msgr. Noel P. Pedregosa was born on 18 October 1964 in Bialong, M’lang, North Cotabato, in the diocese of Malaybalay. After attending the Loyola High School Don Carlos, he attended courses in philosophy at the Saint Isidro College of Malaybalay, Bukidnon, and in theology at the Saint John Vianney Theological Seminary of Cagayan de Oro. He was subsequently awarded a licentiate in Sacred Scripture from the Loyola School of Theology at the Manila Athenaeum. He was ordained a priest for the diocese of Malaybalay on 11 September 1991. He subsequently held the following positions: parish vicar at San Isidro Labrador (1991-1993); parish priest at San Vicente Ferrer, Buda (1993-1997); formator at the Saint John Vianney Theological Seminary, Cagayan de Oro (2001-2004); rector at the Saint John XXIII College Seminary, Malaybalay (2004-2012) and parish priest at I mmaculate Conception, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon (2012-2017). Since 2017, he has served as vicar general of the diocese of Malaybalay and rector of San Isidro Cathedral. On 7 July 2020, he was appointed as diocesan administrator.