Cyprian Consiglio, OSB

Cyprian Consiglio, OSB Cam, grew up near in Illinois and later spent years living in Phoenix, Arizona, where he worked as a professional musician, performer (guitarist and vocalist), arranger and producer. He earned his master’s degree in theology from St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo, California, and was ordained in 1998. A student of the writings of Bede Griffiths and Abhishiktananda, Cyprian has a great love for comparative religion and he has been to India several times to study and teach. He is noted for his musical work to support the practice of meditation and is the author of four books.

Cyprian is a monk at the New Camaldoli Hermitage in the Diocese of Monterey, California. He serves as secretary general of the Dialogue Interreligieux Monastique – Monastic Interreligious Dialogue (DIM•MID), a movement within the Benedictine and Cistercian order aimed to promote interfaith dialogue between monastic communities of different religions.