 He was declared venerable in 1908, beatified in 1925, and canonized by Pope John XXIII on December 9, 1962.On December 9, 1995, Saint Peter Julian Eymard, priest, was inserted into the General Roman Calendar with the rank of optional memorial.Eymard's mission in the Church consisted in promoting the centrality of the Eucharistic Mystery in the whole life of the Christian community, as the font and fullness of all evangelization and striking expression of the infinite love of the divine Redeemer for humankind.