Noel Charles O'Regan

Noel Charles O’Regan (born 14 December 1941) is an Irish Catholic prelate who was the Bishop of the Diocese of Ndola, in Zambia. He was appointed Bishop of Ndola on 1 October 2004 by Pope John Paul II. He resigned as bishop on 16 January 2010.

Beginning and education He was born on 14 December 1941 in Bishopstown, Munster Province, in the Republic of Ireland, on 14 December 1941. He graduated from the University College Cork in 1964. In 1967, he became a permeant member of the Society of African Missions.

Priest He was ordained a priest on 18 December 1967 at Newry, County Down, in Northern Ireland. He went to Zambia as a missionary of the Society of African Missions. He was assigned to the Catholic Diocese of Solwezi.