[3] He continued his theological studies at the University of Tübingen where he specialized in the German Dominican mystic Meister Eckhart and in 2000 received his Ph.D. with a dissertation entitled "Das Neue Bild vom Gottesbild.

In keeping with the missionary tradition of the Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien, he would be assigned in 2011 as Prior of Christ the King Priory located in Schuyler, Nebraska, United States.

[6] On 23 September 2016 Abbot Primate Gregory Polan of the Benedictine Confederation, appointed Wilde as the new Prior of the Primatial Abbey of Sant'Anselmo located in Rome, Italy.

The "Collegio Sant'Anselmo" serves as both a house of formation for Benedictines, but also as a residence for over one hundred monks from around forty countries, religious, diocesan priests, and lay people.

[9][10] Wilde would later be appointed to additionally serve as a lecturer and professor at the Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm, specializing in Spiritual Theology and the Rule of St.