Fr. Jesús Zarandona went to the Lord peacefully on May 25, 2008 at 7:33 a.m. at Cardinal Tien Hospital, Taipei. 

Fr. Zarandona was born in Santurce (Vizcaya, Spain) on December 24, 1912.  He entered the Society at St. Ignatius Loyola Guipúzcoa (Azpeitiat, Spain) on August 14, 1929; was ordained to the priesthood on June 7, 1944 at St. Peter Church in Shanghai and professed his last vows on February 11, 1947 in Huhu (Anhui).  Fr. Zarandona dedicated his whole life in pastoral and educational apostolates, he used to teach at St. Aloysius Technical School in WuHu and Hsinpu, was Superior and Parish Pastor at Hsinpu, Chutung and Chupei.

His parents, among 9 children, offered one son to the Society of Jesus and to China, and offered 6 daughters as Clarisas Contemplative Sisters to pray for China.