The Very Rev. Richard Easterling Appointed Dean of the Uptown Deanery Thursday, June 18, 2015 | Diocesan News In early June, the Very Rev. Henry Hudson, Rector of Trinity Church, stepped down as Dean of the Uptown Deanery. The Rt. Rev. Morris K. Thompson, Jr. appointed the Very Rev. Richard Easterling, Rector of St. George’s, as dean.