Government Gazette, The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, 1 July 1882, p 27, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161925745:

Marriages.— [...] the Rev. Marianus Bambini, of the same Church, Glen Innes ; [...] have been registered for the celebration of marriages.

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The Late Father Marianus, O.S.F.C., Freeman's Journal, Sydney, 8 February 1896, p 9, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111100382:

In another part of the Freeman will be found particulars of the death of the Rev. Father Marianus. The good old priest, with the permission of his Bishop, the Right Rev. Dr. Torreggiani, had left Armidale for "a little change," his intention being to go to Melbourne. He arrived safely in Sydney on Tuesday evening, January 28th, and stopped at No. 5 Wilmot-street, where the people of the house paid him every attention. On Tuesday evening he took his supper in his usual way, and went to bed. On Wednesday morning, January 29th, he was found dead in bed. Mr. Modini telegraphed the fact to the Bishop of Armidale, and his Lordship ordered that the remains should be sent by train to Armidale. On Thursday morning, January 30th, the Rev. Fathers O'Neill and O'Sullivan met the mail train at Armidale station, and accompanied the remains to the Cathedral. The Bishop and all the clergy of the diocese who could attend joined in the solemnities of the Dirge and burial. According to information supplied by Dr. Rennie, of Sydney, it appears that the sudden death of Father Marianus was caused by a cerebral hemorrhage. Under the circumstances the City Coroner dispensed with an inquest. Father Marianus was about 78 years of age. He had spent about 50 years on the missions in India, in England, and in Australia. He lived poor and died poor, having devoted everything he had to religion and education. R.I.P.

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Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 1, 1979, p 19:

Bambini, Marianus, OFM Cap., Italian
Lived and Died a Poor Man
Origin and education unknown. Had served on Indian Mission and in England. Served in Armidale Diocese at Moree, Tamworth, Glen Innes, Wallabadah. Noted for his poverty. d. 29.1.1896; age 78; golden jubilee(Prob.); buried in Armidale.
(See F.P. Vol.1.No.2)
Ref.: Armidale Priests' Necrology.

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T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
Bambini, Marianus [OSFC]

Born in Italy about 1818, very little is known about his early years of formation. Described as a Capuchin at the time of his death, Bishop Elzear Torreggiani evidently described him as an 'Ex-Capuchin'. He spent most of his time in the missions in India and England before coming to the Armidale diocese in early 1882. He was first placed at Emmaville, then transferred to Glen Innes from September 1882 to December 1884, during which time the Sisters of St Joseph arrived. In September 1884 the Superior of the convent made serious accusations against him to her superior in Sydney, claiming that Bishop Torreggiani was aware of the problems but doing nothing about them. He was transferred to Rocky Mouth in early 1885, in the coastal part of the diocese, where he remained for about a year, then moved to Bundarra until December 1887 when it appears he went to Walgett, newly acquired from the Maitland diocese, where he built a church. He left Walgett in late 1889 for Moree (Walgett was handed to the Bathurst diocese), and then appeared in Tamworth in mid 1890. Wallabadah was his next appointment from 1892 to the end of 1895, when he was transferred to Armidale. In January 1896 he left Armidale for a holiday trip to Melbourne, but was found dead in his bed on the morning of 29 January 1896 in a Sydney hotel, where he was staying while transitting the city. The cause of death was certified as a cerebral haemorrhage. His remains were returned to Armidale where he was buried. The report of his death noted that 'he lived poor and died poor, having devoted everything he had to religion and education'. In January 1884 it was recorded that he had made a personal donation from his own resources of £440 towards the cost of the convent at Glen Innes for the Sisters of St Joseph.
Some sources wrongly state the date of death as 19 January 1896.
(Sources: FJ Feb 1884 p 18, 25 Jun 1892 p 15 (where transfer to Quirindi is recorded, not Wallabadah), 8 Feb 1896 pp 9 & 18, Footprints, Vol 1, No 2, Apr 1971 p 35, Colbourne, MDHC A-Z B6).

(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)