Zurita's beatification cause commenced under Pope John Paul II on 3 September 1988 and he was beatified under Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger on 20 November 2005 after the latter confirmed that Zurita had been killed 'in odium fidei' – in hatred of the faith. Cardinal José Saraiva Martins presided over the beatification on the pontiff's behalf in Guadalajara.
