The Jesuits undertook the construction of this temple in 1583, concluding it in 1600, the year of its consecration. In 1666 Diego Marín, master gilder and architect, whitewashed, gilded and decorated its vaults with plasterwork in the Mannerist style. The construction of the definitive church began in 1746 by the master architect José Miguel de Santa María, considered a true master of Puebla's baroque architecture. Completed in 1767 and blessed by bishop Francisco Fabian y Fuero