Papadopulos was born in 1966. He was educated at the
King's School, Rochester, before gaining a degree in history from
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. After studying law at
City University, London and being
called to the bar in 1990, he worked as a
barrister practising criminal law for seven years. He then studied for ordination at
Ripon College, Cuddesdon. He was ordained in 1999, and was for three years a curate in the parish of St Mark,
Portsea, an inner-city area of Portsmouth. From 2002 to 2007, he was chaplain and press officer to the bishop of Salisbury,
David Stancliffe. He was instituted
Dean of Salisbury at
Salisbury Cathedral on 9 September 2018, Papadopulos is the editor of ''God's Transforming Work
(SPCK, 2011), an assessment of the development of Common Worship'' in its first 10 years, to which he contributed an appreciation of the ministry of Bishop
David Stancliffe. He was elected to the executive of the
Association of English Cathedrals in 2022. He was commissioned as a
deputy lieutenant of Wiltshire in January 2024. He is married, with two children. ==References==