How were the Apostles ordained?

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I know that the Apostles were the first bishops of the Church, but were they ever ordained as deacons then priests before the episcopate?
 
At the Last Supper, when Jesus said, “Do this in memory of me”, these words gave the apostles the power to change the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ. That was when the priesthood was instituted.

The actual rite of ordination is something that developed over time in the Church. But the priesthood began with Jesus conferring this power to them. They were not deacons but priests, as it was the power to consecrate that he gave them, and deacons do not have this power.
 
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At the Last Supper, when Jesus said, “Do this in memory of me”, these words gave the apostles the power to change the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ. That was when the priesthood was instituted.

The actual rite of ordination is something that developed over time in the Church. But the priesthood began with Jesus conferring this power to them. They were not deacons but priests, as it was the power to consecrate that he gave them, and deacons do not have this power.
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Some would say that that is the point they were ordained. But there were a lot of times when Jesus little by little gave that authority and mission to the Apostles. The 3 years they were following him were their “seminary”. Aside from the Last Supper including washing of the feet, you can also include the time of Resurrection until Ascension when Jesus gave them more instructions, including giving them authority to forgive sins, the loosing and binding, and of course they keys to Peter.

If you ask me, there were no single act of Ordination for the Apostles because they are special above all those who will be ordained in the future.
 
Would the commissioning of the Twelve in Matthew 10:5-15 be like their ordination to the diaconate? The CCC 1570 also mentions Deacons as “servants of all” that spread God’s Word and 'help administer the sacraments.
 
In John 20 Jesus breathed the Holy Spirit on them, commissioned them, and gave them the power to bind and loose sins.

19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
21 (Jesus) said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”
22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the holy Spirit.
23 Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.”
 
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