Socorro, Goa

Socorro is a village that lies five kilometres to the east of Mapusa town in Bardez taluka.

It is administered by a panchayat represented by members from the seven wards of Ambirna, Arrarim, Carrem, Maina, Porvorim, Vaddem and Zosvaddo.

Serula has since been divided into the villages of Salvador do Mundo, Penha da Franca (Britona), Pomburpa and Socorro.

The village takes its name from the patron saint or deity of its parish church, our Lady of Succour or Nossa Senhora do Socorro.

[4] Some land scams have also been reported in the area, as in the July 2020 Enforcement Directorate attachment of land in Socorro worth Rs 3.19 crore (Rs 30.10 million), in a case reported to involve local functionaries too as coming "under the scanner of the ED sleuths.

Founded in 1938, the Dr Antonio Pinto do Rosario Maternity Hospital in Porvorim is one of Goa's oldest hospitals
Villagers celebrate at the Socorro church.
Socorro church.
Cross on Church complex built in the memory of Sebastiao Antonio Pinto do Rozario, eminent Porvorim resident and official
The church interior, showing the main and side altars and the pulpit that came from the Oratorian Convent of Cruz dos Milagros at Old Goa.Socorro, Goa
Villagers' event at the Socorro church
Interior of cemetery of Our Lady of Succour Church.
The building which housed the erstwhile parochial school in the Portuguese era and Our Lady of Succour Middle School in the 1960s and 1970s. In the 1980s, the Socorro branch of Corporation Bank was located here.