Newman, not for himself but so he might continue his deaconate classes and be ordained a deacon which he wanted to do." Beatification is the step that precedes canonization. It means the candidate for sainthood can be venerated in his diocese. Cardinal John Henry Newman was an Anglican presbyter that converted to Catholicism in 1845. He was one of the most important figures of the Oxford movement that advocated for the Church of Englands return to its Catholic roots. One of his biggest ...