The Diocese of Albarracín (
Latin, Albarracinensis) existed in 1577–1852, and was located in north-eastern
Spain, in the present
province of
Teruel, part of the present
autonomous community of
Aragón.
In 1172
Pedro Ruiz de Azagra, son of the
Lord of Estella, took the city of
Albarracín and succeeded in establishing a bishop there (Martín). Martín took the title of Arcabricense, and afterwards that of Segobricense, thinking that Albarracín was nearer to the ancient Segobriga (
Segorbe) than to Ercavica or Arcabrica.
This choice of name follows the ideology of the
Reconquest, according to which the bishops were simply restoring the old Christian entities only temporarily taken over by the
Moors. In this way, the city of Albarracín became the seat of the bishops of
Segorbe.
Diocese of Segorbe-Albarracín (1259–1571 or 1576)
When
Segorbe was conquered by king
Jaime I in 1245, its church was purified, and
Jimeno, Bishop of Albarracín, took possession of it. The bishops of
Valencia opposed this, and
Arnau of Peralta, Bishop of Valencia, entered the church of Segorbe by force of arms. The controversy being referred to
Rome, and the bishops of Segorbe had part of their territory restored to them; but the
Schism of the West supervened, and the status quo continued.