Konrad Fuchs (October 15, 1897 Dingelsdorf near Konstanz - November 13, 2006 in Hegne ( Baden-Württemberg)) was, at the time of his death, the oldest living Catholic priest in Europe at 109 years and 29 days old, Germany's second-oldest man, and one of the last German First World War veterans. [1] [2] [3] He was the son of a churchwarden. [4] Fuchs met Georg Gänswein when Ganswein was an altar boy, the two kept in touch and continued to correspond in Fuchs' last years when Ganswein was secretary to Pope Benedict XVI. [4]
References
- ^ "Father Konrad Fuchs". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
- ^ Administrator. "Geistlicher Rat Konrad Fuchs Pfarrer i.R. im Alter von 109 Jahren verstorben". bodanrueckgemeinden.de. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ "Pfarrer Fuchs gestorben". Südkurier. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Father Konrad Fuchs". Sunday Independent (Ireland). 10 December 2006.
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Konrad Fuchs (October 15, 1897 Dingelsdorf near Konstanz - November 13, 2006 in Hegne ( Baden-Württemberg)) was, at the time of his death, the oldest living Catholic priest in Europe at 109 years and 29 days old, Germany's second-oldest man, and one of the last German First World War veterans. [1] [2] [3] He was the son of a churchwarden. [4] Fuchs met Georg Gänswein when Ganswein was an altar boy, the two kept in touch and continued to correspond in Fuchs' last years when Ganswein was secretary to Pope Benedict XVI. [4]
References
- ^ "Father Konrad Fuchs". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
- ^ Administrator. "Geistlicher Rat Konrad Fuchs Pfarrer i.R. im Alter von 109 Jahren verstorben". bodanrueckgemeinden.de. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ "Pfarrer Fuchs gestorben". Südkurier. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Father Konrad Fuchs". Sunday Independent (Ireland). 10 December 2006.
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- 1897 births
- 2006 deaths
- People from Konstanz
- People from the Grand Duchy of Baden
- German centenarians
- Men centenarians
- German Army personnel of World War I
- 20th-century German Roman Catholic priests
- Military personnel from Baden-Württemberg
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- German religious biography stubs