Well, I hope you don't mean to be offensive.  A woman priest is a priest, not a "priestess."  Sorry to see that you are so deeply invested in patriarchal gender theory.

The priest acts *in the person of Christ,* not just in his masculinity.  Therefore, it seems to me that the icon of Christ must be a baptized and ordained *person,* male or female.  The hierarchy of the Church will be a better icon of God as a Communion of Persons when it becomes a communion of persons, male and female.  The sense of the faithful is not buying the "divine male" stuff.  It goes contrary to Galatians 3:28, Acts 15:28, the CCC, the TOB, pastoral needs, integral human development, integral ecology, and the signs of the times.

The patriarchal era is passing away.  The Holy Spirit will guide the Church during the transition, in perfect continuity with apostolic tradition.  My crystal ball says that we are going to have Roman Catholic women priests and bishops, and the first Holy Mother, before 3000 AD! :-)