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 e 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 Pihopa Władysław Rubin e mahi tahi ana hei kaiwhakaatu, i te Whare Karakia o Notre-Dame. Pātai: Na wai i whakawhiwhia a Etchegaray ki tana whakatapunga episekopo i te 27 o Mei?
Ko te Kaaripi François Marty