A Bengali-language editorial by Jerome D'Costa, Executive Editor of the 'Pratibeshi' weekly, was the first to acclaim publicly the holiness of Archbishop Theotonius Amal Ganguly, CSC, and to request for the information gathering on his life intended for beatification in future. It was published in the 'Pratibeshi' of October 16, 1977, just 44 days after the death of the archbishop on September 2.