The Our Mother of Perpetual Help Parish in Socorro, Surigao del Norte which belongs to the Dioces of Surigao is administered by the Augustinians, Province of Sto. Nino de Cebu as a mission parish. It is the only Catholic parish in the island of Bucas Grande in the municipality of Socorro with more than 20,000 people living in 14 barangays. There are only 7 barangays that the Catholic faithful are present. The other 7 has either one or no Catholic faithful at all. The majority of the denominations or religious communities are the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) better known as Aglipayans, followed by the Philippine Ecumenical Christian Church (PECC) a breakaway group from IFI then The Roman Catholic Church (RCC) with approximately 16% in population. Few families are distributed to Boran Again Christians, UCCP, Iglesia ni Cristo and PBMA.