Columba Andrew Stewart (born July 16, 1957) is a scholar, teacher, and the executive director of the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) in Collegeville, Minnesota.

Working closely with international church leaders, governments and cultural organizations, Stewart has supervised the digitization of largely Christian manuscript collections from Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and India.

He has also led initiatives focused on the digitization of Islamic manuscripts through his partnerships with libraries in the Middle East, Africa, and India.

[3] For both his scholarly contributions and his preservation work at HMML, Stewart has appeared in media coverage by Smithsonian Magazine ("A Mission for Father Stewart," June 2021),[5] CBC Radio ("Benedictine monk on why preserving ancient religious texts is vital," May 2022),[6] and Harper’s Magazine ("Guardians of Memory," August 2022)[7] and The Harper’s Podcast.

[8] He has also been featured by the CBS News Program 60 Minutes,[9] Harvard magazine,[10] and the BBC,[11] as well as in features such as "Preserving Words and Worlds," "Ancient Christians in India," "A Monk Saves Threatened Manuscripts Using Ultramodern Means," "Codices Decoded," In the Footsteps of the Apostles, "Monastery Works to Preserve Ancient Christian Texts," and "Saving the Sacred".