The Canonization Process of Blessed Father Eustáquio began in 1956 with the appointment of Father Alfredo Elfrink, SS.CC., as vice-postulator of the Cause. On June 22, 1962, the Ecclesiastical Tribunal was established to handle the Diocesan Phase of the Process. On September 3, 1964, the analysis of the Blessed's writings was concluded, finding nothing to prevent the continuation of the investigation into his virtues. On August 23, 1966, the Diocesan Phase concluded, and shortly thereafter, in the same year, Father Alfredo Elfrink, SS.CC., took all the material, including numerous testimonies collected in various states of Brazil and in the Netherlands, to the Cause of Saints in Rome. Following the Second Vatican Council, there was a 12-year interruption in the canonization process while awaiting new guidelines. In 1982, Dom João de Resende Costa requested the reopening of the Canonization Process, which was officially resumed on March 19, 1983. On March 19, 1987, the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints in the Vatican approved the process, and Father Eustáquio was recognized as a saint. Servant of GodOn November 12, 1997, Father Angel Lucas, SS.CC., was appointed to conduct the analysis of a miracle that occurred in 1962: the cure of cancer, which occurred in 1962 through the intercession of Father Eustáquio, in favor of Father Gonçalo Belém. In 1998, the miracle process was completed and sent to Rome. On April 12, 2003, Pope Saint John Paul II recognized the heroic virtues of Father Eustáquio, bestowing upon him the title of Venerable. With the technical and theological verification of the miracle, on June 15, 2006, the then Venerable Father Eustáquio van Lieshout, priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts, was declared... Blessed by Pope Benedict XVI.