Its parish falls within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Angra, and serves the parishioners of the northern coast from the border with Salão to Ribeira Funda.

During the third quarter of the 16th century, Gaspar Frutuoso writing in his epic chronicle "Saudades da Terra", described the church as a three nave temple, with five columns, one to the left of the entrance.

In October 1999, Helder Manuel de Oliveira, a resident of Castelo Branco, was informed by his sister (who lived in Ribeira Funda) that Father João Antonio Neves (a natural of Prainha, municipality of São Roque), who was parish priest of Castelo Branco, but had become the new parish priest in Cedros, had discovered at the end of September or beginning of October, in the parochial residence, an image of Nossa Senhora do Rosário (Our Lady of the Rosary), which he found under a staircase in a hole.

Helder's cousin had informed him that the priest had mentioned that the image was 300 years old, believing it to have been created in the 17th or early 18th century, and which coincided with the death registries that referred to the chapels of Nossa Senhora dos Remédios and Nossa Senhora do Rosário (which were part of the old Church of Santa Bárbara).

The church is situated in the locality of Praça, the main agglomeration in the parish, on a rise, accessible from Rua da Igreja.