[1] On 17 November 1872, the church was blessed by the then Vicar Apostolic of Kansas, John Baptist Miège S.J., who was visiting Chile.

[1] On the portico entablature is inscribed: Ad maiorem Dei gloriam ( Ignatius of Loyola's favorite quote), and over the entrance is inscribed the Latin motto: Haec est domus Dei et porta coeli (This is the house of God and the gate of heaven, cite from Genesis 28:17).

[3] Its two towers are 47 metres high, are 20 tons weight, have a square plan and are topped with a cupola.

[1] The east tower features four clock faces made in Bilbao and installed in 1901 by Evaristo Molina.

With a help of the then president Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, along with the minister Aníbal Pinto, the bell was returned to the Jesuits and it was melted down.