Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 1 ga Disamba, 1983, Paparoma John Paul II ya nada Penados a matsayin Babban Bishop na XVII na Guatemala City da kuma prelate na Esquipulas. A cikin shekarun da ya yi a matsayin Babban Bishop na Guatemala, Penados ya canza tsarin kula da cocin Katolika game da yanayin siyasar kasar, wanda a lokacin yana fama da wasu mawuyacin shekaru na yakin basasa.
Ka yi haƙuri. Ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a tattaunawar zaman lafiya ta hanyar yin tir da cin zarafin 'yancin dan adam da yawa a lokacin mulkin soja da ya gabata da kuma sojojin Guatemala, da kuma goyon bayansa ga' yancin dan adam da wadanda ke fama da kisan kare dangi na Guatemala. Shi ne wanda ya kafa "Oficina de Derechos Humanos del Arzobispado de Guatemala" (ODHA / Ofishin 'Yancin Dan Adam na Archbishopric) a cikin 1990.