He joined the Order of Preachers on May 10, 1988, after finishing Accountancy at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines in 1985.

He received his MA degree in Philippine Studies from the University of the Philippines Diliman in 2000, a Licentiate in Philosophy at the UST Faculty of Philosophy in 2011, and a PhD degree at UST in 2012.

Dagohoy was the former prior of the Santo Domingo Convent in Quezon City and the Priory of St. Thomas Aquinas in UST.

[4] He also served as the 9th rector and president of Angelicum College in Quezon City.

[2][3][5] Before his installation as the 96th Rector of the University of Santo Tomas, he served as the prior of the Priory of St. Thomas Aquinas from 2011 to 2012.