 The baptismal register was later destroyed in a fire of the parochial archive in August 1936.After completing his initial studies at "Colegio de la Consolación" in Burriana, he attended the seminaries in Tortosa and Valencia.Tarancón was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Félix Bilbao y Ugarriza on 1 November 1929 in Tortosa, and then did pastoral work in the Diocese of Tortosa until 1933.