Our Lady Of Guadalupe HOME | Petitions | Thanks | Cards | The Rosary | Pictures | Prayers Blessed Juan DiegoA Model of Humility In April of 1990 Juan Diego was declared Blessed by Pope John Paul II at the Vatican. The following month, in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, during his second visit to the shrine, John Paul II performed the beatification ceremony.His canonization date was set by the Vatican: July 31 2002.Who was this Juan Diego? Most historians agree that Juan Diego was born in 1474 in the calpulli or ward...