A Belgian priest, Jacques Clemens who is the world’s oldest priest says a strict daily routine is the recipe for a long life.

He turned 107 on July 11.

Clemens, who also celebrated his 80th anniversary as a Catholic priest, gets up every morning at 5.30 a.m. and goes to bed at 9.00 p.m.

He was asked to remain in service until the parish found a successor when he was about to retire at 75 years old.

Clemens only stopped holding regular church services at his parish in the southern Belgian village of Nalinnes IN 2015. (Reuters/NAN)