 David Konstant was born in London to parents Antoine Konstant and Dulcie Marion Beresford Konstant (née Leggatt).He graduated with an MA from Christ's College, Cambridge, and gained a PGCE from the University of London's Institute of Education.Konstant went on to study for the priesthood at St Edmund's College, Ware, leading to his ordination as a priest on 12 June 1954 by Cardinal Bernard Griffin.