Obando akagadzwa kuva Cardinal-Priest weSan Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto musi wa25 Chivabvu 1985, achiva kardinari wekutanga wekuNicaragua. Akatora rutivi mumusangano wavanapapa wa2005
rakasarudza Papa Benedict XVI. Obando akanga ari purezidhendi weMusangano weEpiscopal weNicaragua kubva muna December 1999 kusvika muna November 2005.