Mateuvž Dagarin was born in Puštal, Slovenia on 13 September 1880. He was the son of Luka Dagarin (1856-1924) and Marija Müller (1861-1932). He was ordained a priest on 4 July 1907 and served as the parish priest of Čemšenik. He died in Stična on 13 November 1943.