 The process for beatification commenced on 19 April 1979 - under Pope John Paul II - in a diocesan process in Turin that would gather documents on his life as well as collate all his writings and information on his congregation.The beginning of the process granted him the title Servant of God.The process later closed and received the validation of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on 7 February 1992; this allowed for the latter to commence their own investigation on Boccardo's life and works and began the so-called "Roman Phase".