Igreja de São Francisco de Paula, Colonial church in Ouro Preto, Brazil.

Igreja de São Francisco de Paula is a church in Ouro Preto whose plan follows classical patterns: nave, chancel and sacristy topped by a consistory, with side corridors and tribunes along the chancel walls. Its façade is dominated by straight lines, with the towers aligned to the front, while the heavy pediment keeps Baroque volutes. Inside, six altars in late Rococo carving include one to São Geraldo in plaster; four glazed-clay evangelist statues, imported from Portugal, line the stairway.

The building was constructed between 1804 and 1898 and represents the final religious structure built during Brazil's colonial period. Construction took place under the direction of Sergeant Major Francisco da Cruz.

The brotherhood founded in 1780 moved from the cramped Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Piedade to build on the site of the former Ermida de Nossa Senhora do Rosário. The high altar is flanked by roca images of Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Monica; the six side altars honour São Francisco de Sales, Nossa Senhora da Conceição, São Miguel, Santo Antônio, São Geraldo in plaster and Nossa Senhora da Consolação.

The church stands on Rua Padre José Marcos Pena, behind the bus station in the São Cristóvão district. The building faces the square of the same name, and its frontispiece with two towers aligned to the facade is visible from the street. Access to the interior is through the main portal, up a staircase flanked by four glazed statues of the evangelists imported from Portugal.

The patron saint's image now kept at the Museu Aleijadinho is attributed to Aleijadinho by SPHAN technicians. Four glazed statues of the Evangelists, imported from Portugal, decorate the stairway leading up to the church.