Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An nada Obando Cardinal-Priest na San Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto a ranar 25 ga Mayu, 1985, ya zama kardinal na farko na Nicaragua. Ya halarci taron papal na shekara ta 2005
wanda ya zabi Paparoma Benedict XVI. Obando shi ne shugaban taron Episcopal na Nicaragua daga Disamba 1999 zuwa Nuwamba 2005.