Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, Catholic parish church in Santiago Centro, Chile

The Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús is a neoclassical parish church on Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, at the edge of Santiago Centro. Its entrance is a portico on two Doric columns, with a sculpture of the Sacred Heart above and a single bell tower. The interior is sober, without lavish ornament.

The site began with a small chapel of the Pía Sociedad Zambrano, named for priest José Ignacio Zambrano, beside which the Vincentians built a novitiate school. The school moved to Providencia in 1894, and a Normal School and later the Instituto Zambrano occupied its place. The chapel was elevated to parish status on 30 October 1912. In 1977 Cardinal Raúl Silva Henríquez made the parish the seat of the Vicaría Social Obrera.

The parish keeps the memory of Cardinal Raúl Silva Henríquez, who in 1977 made it the seat of the Vicaría Social Obrera; masses and social gatherings still recall both the institution and the cardinal. The image of the Sagrado Corazón de Jesús above the Doric portico, under the single bell tower, is the element passers-by on the Alameda recognise.

The church stands on Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, on the boundary between Santiago Centro and Estación Central, close to the Estación Central railway station, so devout travellers once stopped here before or after a train journey. The single bell tower and the sculpture of the Sacred Heart above the Doric portico are visible from the avenue.

The church helped reshape the reputation of this neighborhood, which had a poor standing in the late 1800s. Its presence contributed to revitalizing the area and changing how locals viewed the district.