 The theologian and cardinal-elect Hans Urs von Balthasar was his nephew.The beatification process was held in his old diocese in a diocesan process that spanned from 1989 until 1990; the formal start came on 5 March 1991 after the Congregation for the Causes of Saints issued the official "nihil obstat" and titled the late bishop as a Servant of God.The C.C.S.