Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag, Pfarrer Kant! 🍷 

A long-awaited birthday. Alles Gute zum Geburtstag, Pfarrer Kant!

Happy birthday, Mr. Kant! Alles Gute und Gottes Segen fürs neue Lebensjahr!

 

 

In https://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/region-und-hessen/einer-der-aeltesten-deutschen-pfarrer-bruno-kant-wird-110-jahre-alt-200564622.html is mentioned that Reverend Kant is not the oldest living German man.

The president of Germany congratuled an anonymous man born in February 1916 a few days before him. As far as I know the German administration is very accurate. They don´t do this with claimants with no safe data.

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In https://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/region-und-hessen/einer-der-aeltesten-deutschen-pfarrer-bruno-kant-wird-110-jahre-alt-200564622.html is mentioned that Reverend Kant is not the oldest living German man.

The president of Germany congratuled an anonymous man born in February 1916 a few days before him. As far as I know the German administration is very accurate. They don´t do this with claimants with no safe data.

So is there really another German man older than Kant and born in February 1916?

This particular source about his birthday claims that a 116-year-old German woman is living in Frankfurt? https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/hessen/hr-23542.html

 

A happy 110th birthday, Pfarrer Bruno Kant! I wish you all that good you wish for yourself. Praying the Rosary for you.

 

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Bruno Kant feiert 110. Geburtstag: "Er ist für uns alle ein großes Vorbild" - Osthessen|News

 

https://longeviquest.com/2026/02/bruno-kant-germanys-oldest-man-turns-110/

Bruno Kant, Germany’s Oldest Known Man, Turns 110

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Bruno Kant, the oldest known living man in Germany, is celebrating his 110th birthday today in Eichenzell, Hesse, according to Osthessen-Zeitung.

Bruno Kant was born in Werblinia, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland (then German Empire), on 26 February 1916, as one of eight siblings. After World War I, when the area in which they lived became part of Poland, the family moved to Danzig.

He completed his secondary education in Danzig in 1934 and began studying philosophy and theology, but his studies were interrupted by World War II. During the war, he was drafted into the Deutsche Reichsbahn and later served two years in the military, followed by Russian captivity. After returning in 1948, he resumed his studies in Fulda and was ordained a priest in 1950 at Fulda Cathedral.

He served as a chaplain in several parishes before taking up a longer assignment in Kassel. Appointed parish priest of Marbach in 1960, he became deeply involved in community life. He later held senior leadership roles within the Hünfeld deanery, including deputy dean and dean, and also served for many years as president of the St. Cecilia Association. Even after retiring in 1991, he continued pastoral work in Löschenrod.

On 1 November 2025, following the passing of 110-year-old Karl Haidle, he became the oldest known living man in Germany. However, faz.net has reported that, according to the Federal Presidential Office, Frank-Walter Steinmeier had already congratulated another man on his 110th birthday at the beginning of February. The identity of this man, however, remains unknown.

@Ale and Billy Robinson

Yes, the anonymous man who is living in Wiesbaden/Hesse turned 110 February 7 2026.

https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/hessen/hr-23542.html

The chancellery of the president of Germany issues such congratulatory letters. Only at the request of the municipality in which the jubilarian lives. Of course, this community has the exact birthday in its records! (Compare it with the letters of the King or Queen...)

In 2025 there were six congratulatory letters for six persons between 110 and 115 (!!). 

The names of the jubilarians may not be disclosed anyway for data protection reasons. There are still further anonymous people over 110 for whom the municipalities do not apply for congratulatory letters because they do not want to.

We can certainly handle it the same way as with the anonymous people from Japan, which we always publish here.

 

 

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Bistum Fulda - Pfarrer i. R. Bruno Kant wird 110 / Bischof Gerber gratuliert persönlich