 Roe was declared venerable on December 1929 by Pope Pius XI and beatified one week later on 15 December.Blessed Alban Roe was canonized nearly 40 years later on 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales with a common feast day of 25 October.His feast day is also celebrated on 21 January, the day of his martyrdom.