A ranar 29 ga Maris, 1969, Paparoma Paul VI ya nada Etchegaray a matsayin Mataimakin Bishop na Paris da kuma Bishop na Gemellae a Numidia. Ya karbi alfarmarsa a ranar 27 ga Mayu daga Cardinal François Marty, tare da Cardinal Paul Gouyon da Bishop Władysław Rubin suna aiki a matsayin co-consecrators, a Notre-Dame Cathedral. Tambaya: Wanene Etchegaray ya karbi alfarmarsa a ranar 27 ga Mayu?
Cardinal François Marty