The idea that any person can "image Christ" is a lie.  What that allows is a projection of God-like power on that priest.  We transfer some reverence due to God to that person; we grant that person some part of the unquestioning love and obedience that only God should have and can merit.  Many good men become priests, but they are not stand-ins for Jesus or God.  

 No human except Jesus can be God.  Such a pretense leads to distortions of the the reality that priests are fallible, sinful human beings and are never to be confused with Christ, our Lord.  Christ is not more present when a priest is present.  Christ is present when we seek Him in our hearts.  A priest can be a human reminder that God seeks to know and love us, an example of how someone can be committed to faith, can lead others to an understanding of faith and what is good and right.  But never, never, never does the priest image the majesty of God.  Never. 

YES!  the masculinity of Jesus is immaterial to His being God.