Qor sii wadida faqradan - Obando waxaa loo sameeyay Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto 25kii Maajo 1985, isagoo noqday kardinalkii ugu horreeyay ee reer Nicaragua ah. Wuxuu ka qeyb qaatay shirkii 2005
kaas oo doortay Pope Benedict XVI. Obando wuxuu ahaa madaxweynaha Shirweynaha Episcopal ee Nicaragua laga bilaabo Diseembar 1999 ilaa Nofeembar 2005.