Roman Catholic Diocese of Albarracín

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.

When Segorbe was conquered by king Jaime I in 1245, its church was purified, and Jimeno, Bishop of Albarracín, took possession of it.

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.