Yucatán Channel many of these died. Some recolonisation has since taken place. The Campeche Bank is a biodiverse area and it and other parts of the Yucatán Channel are heavily fished by artisan fishermen who converge on the area from along the coast of Mexico. The area is threatened by over exploitation. Yucatán Channel The Yucatán Channel or Straits of Yucatán (Spanish: "Canal de Yucatán") is a strait between Mexico and Cuba. It connects the Yucatán Basin of the Caribbean Sea with the Gulf of Mexico. It is just over wide and nearly deep at its deepest point near the coast of
History of the Catholic Church in Mexico the clergy, or even indigenous rulers ("gobernadores") from diverting of community revenues in their "cajas de comunidad" (literally community-owned chests that had locks and keys). "[I]n Yucatan the cofradía in its modified form "was" the community." The Catholic Church is organized by territorial districts or dioceses, each with a bishop. The main church of a diocese is the bishop's see, a cathedral. The diocese of Mexico was established in Mexico City in 1530. Initially, Mexico was not an episcopal jurisdiction in its own right; until 1547 it was under the authority of the Archbishop of Seville (Spain). The first bishop