In 1952, after the inauguration of the new Professional School, he received from the hands of the Minister of Education Mr. Ruiz Giménez, the Commendation of the Civil Order of Alfonso X el Sabio. - In April 1966 Mondragon paid homage to three worthy figures by naming them adoptive sons of the town: the doctor Don Mariano Briones, the parish priest Don Jose Luis Iñarra and Don Jose Maria Arizmendiarrieta. The three honorees were celebrating 25 years of work at Mondragon. - In August 1966, after the Alecoop student industrial cooperative was inaugurated, the Minister of Labor Romero Gorria personally awarded him the gold medal for Work. - The Olandixo hillside road, opened in 1972, where Lagun Aro, Ikerlan and Laboral Kutxa are located, is called Paseo Jose Maria Arizmendiarrieta. - In 1992 a monument was inaugurated in his honor in the native district of Barinaga, in Markina-Xemein. - On May 6, 2009, the diocesan phase of his canonization process concluded. - On 14 December 2015, Arizmendiarrieta was decreed to be of heroic virtue by Pope Francis and became Venerable in the Catholic Church. - In April 2016, the Square Laubide in Mondragon was renamed Square Jose Maria Arizmendiarrieta, with a plaque in Basque and Spanish with the following legend: “Square Jose Maria Arizmendiarrieta (1915-1976). Founder of the Arrasate-Mondragon cooperativism. Associated work model that extends universally. 100 years after his birth”. See also Mondragon Corporation References External links Friends of the Arizmendiarrieta Association (In Basque) Arizmendiarrieta Christian Foundation (In Basque) Arizmendiarrieta Christian Foundation (In Spanish) Canonization of Arizmendiarrieta Video: Jose Maria Ormaetxea about Arizmendiarrieta (In Spanish) Video: Joxe Azurmendi about Arizmendiarrieta José María Arizmendiarrieta: Archive, writings, photographs (Euskomedia) 1915 births 1976 deaths People from Lea-Artibai Basque-language writers Basque Roman Catholic priests Spanish cooperative organizers 20th-century Spanish Roman Catholic priests Mondragon Corporation 20th-century venerated Christians Venerated Catholics by Pope Francis