sentences:  Hossu's secret appointment was not made public until the pope did so on 5 March 1973 after Hossu's 1970 death.The beatification cause commenced on 17 November 1992 under Pope John Paul II after the Congregation for the Causes of Saints issued the official "nihil obstat" and titled Márton as a Servant of God.The diocesan phase of the investigation was opened in Alba Iulia on 26 July 1994 and was later closed on 5 December 1996.