Alain and Elisabeth Petion
President Alain Andre Jean-Baptiste Petion
Alain Andre Jean-Baptiste Petion, 53; Canada Montreal Mission; Torcy Ward, Paris France East Stake;
national public affairs director; former Area Authority Seventy, stake president and missionary in
the England East Mission. Former area director for the Church Educational System. Born in Binga, Zaire,
to Gabriel Max and Yolande Gabriel Ledin Petion. Married Elisabeth Christine Schneider, 11 children.
A Sunday School teacher, Sister Petion is a former counselor in stake and ward Primary presidencies,
ward Relief Society and Primary president. Born in Strasbourg, France, to Rodolphe Richard Schneider and
Denise Lise Pfrimmer Schneider-Bader.