Rev Ottavio Barsanti OFM
Title:
Rev
First Name:
J.
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Preferred Name:
Ottavio
Surname:
Barsanti
Order:
OFM
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Country of Birth:
Italy
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Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Sydney NSW
Country of Death:
Australia
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Place of Burial:
Petersham NSW
Country of Burial:
Australia
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Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | ? | Superior | 1865 | 1865 | Linane Vol 1 | ||||
| Sydney | Darlinghurst | 1865 | Linane Vol 1 | ||||||
| Melbourne | Cathedral | 1869 | 1872 | Linane Vol 1 | |||||
| Melbourne | Daylesford | 1872 | 1875 | Linane Vol 1 |
Biographical Notes
Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 1, 1979, p 22:
Barsanti, Ottavio, OFM, D.D., Italian
A Thorn in the Sides of Archbishops
b. 1825; joined the Umbrian Province of Franciscans; came to N.Z. 1860; Superior there 1862-5. Arr. Syd. 1865; served at Sacred Heart, Darlinghurst; secretary to Dr. Polding; went to Rome re Sheehy case 1867. Conflict with Polding. Migrated to Melb., where he served 1869-72 at the Cathedral; at Daylesford 1872-5, during which time he came into sharp conflict with Rev. Nicholas Bassetto OSA. At St .Benedict's Broadway in 1875 he had a stand-up fight with Archbishop Vaughan. Suspended and left priesthood. Appealed to Rome. Reconciled before death on 23.5.1883. Great preacher. Fiery temperament. Age 59 (circa); buried Petersham Churchyard.
(See Footprints, Vol. 1, No. 3)
Ref.: Article by Rev. R. Wynne in A.C.R., April 1974; Catholic Weekly 31.5.1883; corres. from Rev. A. O'Hagan OFM and Rev. E.R. Simmons (Auckland Archivist) in M.D.H.C. File (Fitzroy & Torquay).