Buuxi weedha soo socota: Bishii Diseembar 1, 1983, Penados waxaa loo magacaabay XVII Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala City iyo hoggaamiyaha Esquipulas ee Pope John Paul II. Intii uu ahaa hoggaamiyaha Guatemaala, Penados wuxuu beddelay habka difaaca ee kaniisadda Katooliga ee ku wajahan siyaasadda qaranka, kaas oo waqtigaas ku jiray qaar ka mid ah sanadihii ugu adkaa ee qarnigii 19aad.
Dagaalkii sokeeye. Wuxuu door muhiim ah ka ciyaaray wadahadaladii nabadda isagoo cambaareeyay xadgudubyo badan oo ka dhan ah xuquuqda aadanaha intii lagu jiray nidaamyadii militariga ee hore iyo Ciidanka Guatemala, iyo taageeradiisa dhaqdhaqaaqa xuquuqda aadanaha iyo dhibanayaashii xasuuqii Guatemala. Wuxuu ahaa aasaasaha "Oficina de Derechos Humanos del Arzobispado de Guatemala" (ODHA / Xafiiska Xuquuqda Aadanaha ee Archbishopric) sanadkii 1990.