By October 2004, he had beatified 1,340 people, more than the sum of all of his predecessors since Pope Sixtus V (1585–1590), who established a beatification procedure similar to that used today.
Do listopada 2004. beatificirao je 1340 ljudi, više nego svi njegovi prethodnici od pape Siksta V. (umro 1590.), koji je uspostavio proceduru beatifikacije sličnoj danas.