[Aliska]

It sounds like word play. Apostles were higher than bishops and referred to as apostles. Bishops were called bishops.

But I guess it doesn't matter because St. Peter lost his hand and keys in March.

[Ronly Bonly Jones]

No. Not word play. Although an apostle is greater than a bishop, the title subsumes that of bishop -- think of them as the Ur-Bishops, the Original Bishops, from whom our bishops derive their authority, using the authority given the Apostles to replace, first Judas, and then all who followed them, through divine election.

Not a joke. The Apostles were bishops; the Bishops of the Succession are Successors to the Apostles. If it is otherwise then the Apostolic Succession is worthless.