Is apostolic succession only through Peter?

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For context, I visited Ethiopia last year and they are primarily an Oriental Orthodox country, but they have a sizeable Muslim population too.

Anyway, they are able to trace their bishops lineage all the way back to St Mark the Evangelist in Alexandria.

In that case, is their apostolic succession valid since it wasn’t through Peter?
 
Apostolic succession flows from all of the apostles so they’re good.
 
The RCC itself accepts the succession through the various EO and OO churches.

It’s apostolic succession, not petrine succession.

the vary nature of the episcopacy is the the Apostles adding to their ranks . . .
 
We are confident that apostolic succession is an unbroken line back to the Eleven. What we don’t know is which of the Eleven our bishops can trace to.

Scipione Rebiba, who died in 1577, is the earliest known bishop that Catholic bishops can trace their succession to. It was once possible to trace succession much earlier, but wars and Napoleon happened and those documents have been lost.

Various Eastern Churches regard Mark, or Andrew, or Thomas, as their founder and patron, but I am not sure if this actually means that they trace all their episcopal succession to that one apostle. Some lines of succession may have actually died out by now.
 
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Various Eastern Churches regard Mark, or Andrew, or Thomas, as their founder and patron, but I am not sure if this actually means that they trace all their episcopal succession to that one apostle. Some lines of succession may have actually died out by now.
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It is possible a particular individual apostle founded a specific parish, but that apostle was part of a college of apostles/bishops. There was ongoing communication and prayers back and forth, no lone rangers. Missionary work was sent from the whole Body, even if most apostles never physically travelled to every parish.

So even if that early parish developed into its own unique Rite, still it descends from all the Apostles. Bishops have long been consecrated by three other bishops, to ensure valid succession continuity.
 
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