Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  I te 29 o Poutu-te-rangi 1969, i tohua a Etchegaray hei Pihopa Awhina o Paris me te Pihopa Titular o Gemellae i Numidia na Pope Paul VI. I whakawhiwhia ia ki tana whakatapunga episekopo i te 27 o Mei i muri mai i a Cardinal François Marty, me Cardinal Paul Gouyon me te Pihopa Władysław Rubin e mahi ana hei hoa whakatapunga, i te Whare Karakia o Notre-Dame.  Pātai: Nā wai a Etchegaray i whiwhi ai i tana whakatapunga episekopo i te 27 o Mei?
Ko te Kaaripi François Marty