An 29 Márta 1969, ceapadh Etchegaray mar Easpag Cúnta Pháras agus Easpaig Teitleach Gemellae i Numidia ag an Pápa Paul VI. Fuair sé a consecration easpag an 27 Bealtaine seo a leanas ó Chardinal François Marty, leis an Cardinal Paul Gouyon agus an t-Easpaig Władysław Rubin ag fónamh mar chomh-consacrators, ag Cathedral Notre-Dame. Ceist: Cé a fuair Etchegaray a consecration easpag ón 27 Bealtaine?
An Chardinal François Marty