The work, as a whole, belonged to the order of the Augustinians who arrived in the city of Antequera de Oaxaca in 1576. This religious community was distinguished in the city by the educational activities they initiated; they opened a school of humanities, where they taught from the alphabet to the arts and theology. At least, until the arrival of the Jesuits, they covered high school and higher education covering the chairs of the newly founded university.
Fray Juan Adriano founded the Augustinian mission of Oaxaca; the bishop of Oaxaca, Fray Fernando de Albuquerque, donated the land, where the religious built their convent.
The first works of the temple and convent did not correspond to the current design. As in other cases, they were built with adobe walls and roofs of beams and tiles. The temple, of these characteristics, was consecrated in 1586, although it was completely finished in 1596.
Location: Vicente Guerrero and Armenta y López Streets, Oaxaca, Oaxaca.