Ignace Caseneuve
Ignatius Cazeneuve (1747 in Gap, France – 18 May 1806 at the parish of St. Andrew in Gap) was a constitutional bishop and French politician during the French Revolution. Ignace de Caseneuve of Gap was elected the constitutional bishop of Hautes Alpes on 8 March 1791. He had been a cathedral canon but had gained notoriety as a member of the City Council of Gap in July 1790. Early life He was born in Gap in 1747. Bishop His predecessor as Archbishop of Embrun, Pierre-Louis Leysin opposed the Civil Constitution of the Clergy decided by the decree of 12 July 1790 and refused to take the oath of allegiance. Ignatius Cazeneuve canon of Gap Cathedral was appointed constitutional bishop of Hautes-Alpes department in March 1791 to replace him and was crowned in Paris on 3 April. Pierre-Louis Leyssin, driven from Embrun, took refuge in the Sardinian States and was excommunicated. Jacques-Joseph Rous of Mazelière, vicar-general of the former archbishop became the de facto head of the diocese, until he also was deported. Ignatius Cazeneuve, however, resigned and was replaced by André Garnier on 10 January 1800 in Aix. After signing the Concordat, Cazeneuve retracted his oath and died six years