Buuxi weedha soo socota: 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
2005 shirkii wadajirka ahaa ee lagu doortay Pope Benedict XVI. Obando wuxuu ahaa madaxweynaha Shirweynaha Episcopal ee Nicaragua laga bilaabo Diseembar 1999 ilaa Nofeembar 2005.