He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 22 March 1998, at Oba, Nigeria, becoming the first West African to be beatified.
There is a statue of Father Tansi outside Most Holy Trinity Basilica in Onitsha. In 2010, Michael Cyprian Iwene Tansi was named a patron of Nigerian priests. Archbishop Valerian Okeke compared Father Tansi to St John Mary Vianney as a model of sanctity.[
Institutions Named after Blessed Cyprian Iwene Tansi[edit]
- Blessed Iwene Tansi Major Seminary,Onitsha Anambra State Nigeria (Provincial Seminary)
- Blessed Iwene Tansi Secondary School,Aguleri
- Blessed Iwene Tansi Parish,Umudioka
- Blessed Iwene Tansi Parish Awada- Onitsha
- Blessed Iwene Tansi Parish Mba Farm, Onitsha
- Blessed Iwene Tansi Parish Ugwu Orji Owerri Imo State
- Blessed Iwene Tansi Parish, Transekulu, Enugu State
- Blessed Iwene Tansi Chaplaincy, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (Igbariam Campus)
- Tansi International College Awka
- Tansian University, umunya
11 Blessed Michael Tansi Catholic Church Aba
12. Blessed Tansi Catholic Church pipeline new-rumuokwurusi Port-Harcourt Rivers state