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Salga is a suffragan of Achadinha and its original church, a hermitage dedicated to São José, which was built shortly before 1746. The temple was built at the expense of the residents, as stated in a document signed by the bishop of Angra do Heroísmo and registered in the Achadinha pastoral guest book. So, Salga only had 43 homes and 160 souls. Still, he wanted to have a curate, which was Father Manuel de Medeiros Moniz.

The Igreja de São Lourenço or Church of São Lourenço is a 17th-century temple important for the gilded decoration of the altar and the tile panels on the interior walls.

The Hospital Church, or Church of São Marcos, was built in the 18th century on a project by the architect Carlos Amarante. The relics of the body of the Apostle and Bishop San Marcos are in this church for the veneration of the faithful. In 2016, the north pavilion of the church building, to the left of the façade, was converted into the "Vila Galé" hotel.

This church, which presented itself as a beautiful and exotic temple that had been inaugurated in 1934, was destroyed by the strong earthquake of July 9, 1998, which caused a lot of damage, not only on the island of Faial, but also on the island of Pico and on the island of São Jorge.

The first stone of the new parish church was solemnly laid on September 21, 1895 on land donated by a benefactor, located in the heart of the town, far from the sea and with easy access from the entire parish. The project was designed by António Baía Paixão, an employee of the Public Works of Angra, with the assistance of Father Manuel Maria da Costa.

The original temple was erected in 1564. Throughout its history it was demolished by several successive earthquakes, being rebuilt and expanded until it acquired its current appearance. According to a list published by the Diocese of Angra do Heroísmo, this church was badly damaged as a result of the 1980 earthquake.

The primitive Mother Church of Vila Franca was established by Infante D. Henrique himself, who ordered its construction, with Rui Gonçalves da Câmara being the third captain of the island's grantee, and its first resident, who built it. It was partially buried by the 1522 earthquake and, according to Gaspar Frutuoso's narrative, it was soon rebuilt, for which construction materials from the original church were reused, as well as support from the monarch. The work maintained the same architectural type as the temple, in Gothic style.

The current church of São Paulo in the parish of Ribeira Quente is the third temple that was built in that region with such evocation. The first was a hermitage built in 1665 and the second was also a hermitage built shortly before 1799.

Before 1572 it must have constituted the seat of a small curate, as in that year it was elevated to the category of parish, with the place of São Bento, as can be deduced from reading the "Anais da Ilha Terceira" by Francisco Ferreira Drummond regarding the church from this last place. Under the invocation of Saint Peter the Apostle, its style is similar to that of many other churches in Terceira.

It dates back to a small temple invoking Saint Peter, erected in the 16th century in the place of Pedras de São Pedro, and which the chronicler Gaspar Frutuoso refers to as one of the four hermitages existing "above the town", located "further along the path" of the Church of Santo Antão.