The Rev. Philip B. Roulette, the former longtime rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Glyndon who was co-author with five other Episcopal priests of the Baltimore Declaration, died of cancer Saturday at his home in Rodgers Forge.
Father Roulette died four days before his 75th birthday.
“I have known Philip Roulette a third of my life, and I can say that he was a man of conviction, gratitude and utter integrity in his faith. He was steadfast,” said the Rev. William N. McKeachie, former rector of Old St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.
“His integrity was rooted in love. He was a person who was strong in the love he received from God. Love was the basis of his strength and faith,” said Father McKeachie. “He was a stalwart. He was steadfast. I can’t think of anyone else that I can say that about. The love of God was what overruled anything and everything else. That was the witness he was called to do. He was called to the church and Jesus Christ.”
I knew Phil when we both served in the Diocese of Maryland. My father Dr. Nelson Rightmyer served at St. John’s, Glyndon 1952-1967, and I served at Annapolis and Joppa 1966-74. Phil was a strong voice for orthodoxy in the Episcopal Church and in the Anglican Church. May he rest in peace and rise in glory!