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.
Diocese of Albarracín (1571 or 1577-1852)
In 1571 Francisco Soto Salazar being bishop of Segorbe-Albarracín, the Diocese of Albarracín was separated from Segorbe.
Bishops of Segorbe (1173-1259)
Bishops of Segorbe with seat in Albarracín. All the names are given in Spanish:
1173-1213 : Martín
1213-1215 : Hispano
1216-1222 : Juan Gil
1223-1234 : Domingo
1235-1238 : Guillermo
1245-1246 : Jimeno
1246-1259 : Pedro
Bishops of Segorbe-Albarracín (1259-1576)
All the names are given in Spanish:
1259-1265 : Martín Álvarez
1265-1272 : Pedro Garcés
1272-1277 : Pedro Jiménez de Segura
1284-1288 : Miguel Sánchez
1288-1301 : Aparicio
1302-1318 : Antonio Muñoz
1319-1356 : Sancho Dull
1356-1362 : Elías
1362-1369 : Juan Martínez de Barcelona
1369-1387 : Iñigo de Valterra
1387-1400 : Diego de Heredia
1400-1409 : Francisco Riquer y Bastero
1410-1427 : Juan de Tauste
1428-1437 : Francisco de Aguiló
1438-1445 : Jaime Gerart
1445-1454 : Gisberto Pardo de la Casta
1455-1459 : Luis de Milá y Borja
1461-1473 : Pedro Baldó
1473-1498 : Bartolomé Martí
1498-1499 : Juan Marrades
1500-1530 : Gilberto Martí
1530-1556 : Gaspar Jofre de Borja
1556-1571 : Juan de Muñatones
1571-1576 : Francisco de Soto Salazar
Bishops of Albarracín (1577-1852)
. . . . . 1259-1576 : See Diocese of Segorbe-Albarracín.
