Yes, and do you understand this is not the way it was transmitted to Paul and Apollos.
I didn't realize that Paul or Apollos "succeeded" anyone. Paul was an original Apostle - according to him. And Apollos, we don't know much about him, but the Apostles were still alive. Earlier in his career, he had the hands of the Apostles laid upon him and he was sent, no doubt.
Regards
I am doing my best inserting some precision in your "its".
St. Paul is an apostle in his own right. He received apostolship directly from Christ. Since that was a private revelation the act of formal acceptance in the Apostolic college was necessary and was obtained, but you are correct that it is not a regular sacrament of the Holy Orders. It was a one of a kind event.
About Apollo we don't know anything except that he preached, and some of his preaching was corrected. No episcopacy was necessary for that.
If there is any anti-Catholic implication in any of that, as is the case in most of your posts, please spell it out.