The Church of Nossa Senhora do Pilar (Portuguese: Igreja Paroquial de Cedros/Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Pilar) is a 17th-century church located in the civil parish of Cedros in the municipality of Santa Cruz das Flores, in the Portuguese island of Flores, in the archipelago of the Azores.
From the writings of Father António Cordeiros in 1715, thirty residents solicited the Bishop of Angra, then friar D. Clemente Vieira, to have Cedros de-annexed from the parish of Santa Cruz, and have a separate member of the curia assist their congregation.
[1] The Captain-Donatary, D. Martinho Mascarenhas, 6th Count of Santa Cruz, offered to assist this group, with contributions to complete the retable of the new church and donation of an image of Senhora do Pilar.
[1] It was only in 1690, that the deacon of the Sé Cathedral in Angra, owing to the death in office of the bishop, who emitted the necessary charter to authorize the de-annexation.
[1] In a report from the Civil Governor of the District of Horta, António José Vieira Santa Rita (dated 1868), the politician indicated that the church was in an advance state of ruin (with deteriorated parapets and ornaments) and that the cemetery was not being used.