sentences:  The pope approved it on 26 April 1990 and later beatified the priest while on a visit to Mexico City on 22 November 1992.The process for the miracle leading to canonization spanned for a brief period of time in May 1998 before receiving validation on 26 June 1998.A medical board approved the miracle on 19 November 1998 while theologians did so too on 7 May 1999 as did the C.C.S.