Otto Neururer

Beatification The beatification process opened on 23 May 1983 after the Congregation for the Causes of Saints issued the official edict "nihil obstat" (no objections to the cause) and titled Neururer as a Servant of God; the diocesan process was conducted in Innsbruck from 20 November 1983 until 8 December 1986. It was following this investigation that the documentation was sent to the C.C.S. in Rome where on 14 June 1991 the C.C.S. validated the diocesan process as having complied with their regulations and therefore deeming that process to have been valid. The official Positio dossier was sent to the C.C.S. sometime after so that the cause could be investigated further. Theologians first assented to the cause on 19 May 1995 as did the cardinal and bishop members of the C.C.S. on 21 November 1995.

Neururer was cleared for beatification on 12 January 1996 after Pope John Paul II confirmed that the priest had died "in odium fidei" (in hatred of the faith). John Paul II beatified Neururer on 24 November 1996 in Saint Peter's Basilica.