One of the most remarkable 17th century viceroyalty monuments, whose construction began in 1633, when the founders arrived under the direction of the priest Don Juan de Aragón, who organized the “Pious Union” or “Concordia” from Europe in 1661. But the one who distinguished himself for consolidating and strengthening this oratory, for having requested and obtained the authorization of Pope Clement XIII, back in the years from 1728 to 1729, was the Lic. and priest Don Juan Saenz de Leyva Cantabrano y Zorrilla.
However, formal construction began until 1733 and was completed on January 17, 1773, except for the bell towers that date from the 19th century, when they were consecrated to the Virgin of the Sponsorship and, of course, to the founder of the San Felipe Neri congregation, whose image is admired in the main altar, a work of art of the first magnitude in which the purest style of Mexican Churriguería stands out.