Sentence:  Unlike his predecessor the Rev. Bert White, the Rev. Eric Geib at St. Christopher's in Carmel supported the idea of women's ordination. White had once told the parish “when the first ‘<WSD>priestess</WSD>' is ordained in this Church this priest will become a plain ‘mister'!” 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A female Christian priest or minister, typically in a Protestant, Old Catholic, or independent Catholic denomination.