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| honorific-prefix = Monseigneur
| name = Ubagarasamy Bernadeth
| native_name = உபகாரசாமி பெர்னதெத்
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| title = Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore
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| diocese = Coimbatore
| see = Coimbatore
| appointed = 9 April 1940
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| predecessor = [[Marie-Louis-Joseph-Constantin Tournier]]
| successor = [[Francis Xavier Muthappa]]

| ordination = 23 May 1925
| ordained_by = [[Elie-Jean-Joseph Morel]]
| consecration = 25 July 1940
| consecrated_by = [[Auguste-Siméon Colas]]

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|2|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Oulgaret parish, Rettiarpalayam, Pondicherry
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'''Ubagarasamy Bernadeth''' or '''Oubagaraswami Bernadotte''' or '''Ubagaraswamy Bernadette''' (12 February 1899 – 5 February 1949) was the bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore]] from 9 Apr 1940 till his death. He was the first indigenous person from the Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore to receive episcopal ordination.

He was born in [[Oulgaret]] parish, Rettiarpalayam, Pondicherry. He was ordained a priest of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore|Archdiocese of Pondicherry]] on 23 May 1925. He worked as a professor at [[Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School|Petit Seminaire]] where he inaugurated the Eucharistic Crusade. His example was followed by other parishes such as Attipakkam, Irudayampet and Viriyur.<ref>{{cite book|last1=P. A.|first1=Sampath Kumar|author-link=P. A. Sampath Kumar|last2=Carof|first2=André|title=History of Pondicherry Mission: An Outline (a translation from French)|year=1999|publisher=Department of Christian Studies, University of Madras|location=Chennai|pages=253}}</ref> He was appointed the Bishop of Coimbatore on 9 April 1940. He was consecrated by [[Auguste-Siméon Colas]] on 25 July 1940 at Coimbatore. He was the first Indigenous Bishop to be appointed in Coimbatore. He founded the workers association and arranged Sundays be declared as government holidays by all the mills. He encouraged the [[Presentation Sisters]] to take up the medical work and founded many schools and hospitals in the diocese.

On 26 May 1945, the First order of St. Francis of Assisi, a religious organization for women, under the name, ''Franciscan Sisters of the Presentation of Mary'', with the assent of bishop Ubagarasamy was established.<ref>[http://presentationcbe.org/news_detail.php?page_num=15 Franciscan Sisters of the Presentation of Mary 26.05.1946 - Published on : 23-SEP-2011]</ref>

He died suddenly at the age of 50 while on his way to visit his Metropolitan, the Archbishop of Pondicherry.<ref>{{cite news|title=Indian bishop dies|access-date=6 December 2012|newspaper=Catholic Herald|date=18 March 1949|url=http://archive.catholicherald.co.uk/article/18th-march-1949/5/indian-bishop-dies|page=5}}</ref>

==Name Sakes==
* ''Bishop Ubagaraswamy Higher Secondary School'', Angeripalayam Main Rd, M G R Nagar, Weavers Colony Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu 641603, India

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbernu.html Bishop Oubagaraswami Bernadotte at Catholic Hierarchy]
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