 In the Diocese of Cahors in 2013 there was one priest for every 2,295 Catholics.According to a tradition connected with the legend of St.Martial, this saint, deputed by St. Peter, came to Cahors in the first century and there dedicated a church to St. Stephen, while his disciple, St. Amadour (Amator), the Zaccheus of the Gospel and husband of St. Veronica, evangelized the diocese.