Beatification
The subject of his beatification was first urged upon the consideration of the Holy See about 1737 by Dom Francisco de Vasconcellos, S.J., Bishop of Cochin, who also claimed jurisdiction over Ceylon.
The process was begun in Goa, and a number of miracles were registered. But the non-fulfillment of certain essential formalities led Benedict XIV to cancel the proceedings, with an order, however, that they should be re-instituted. In the areas constituting former South Canara, he is generally known as Venerable Father Joseph Vaz. On 21 January 1995, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II in Colombo.
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