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Mr. Hinojosa is a student in the Licentiate in Canon Law (J.C.L.) program at Saint Paul University, Ottawa, with completion anticipated in spring 2027. He holds an M.A. in Theology (2015) from the Augustine Institute (Greenwood Village, Colorado) and a B.A. in Economics (2013) from the University of Texas at San Antonio.

He has taught at MACC since 2017, offering courses in both English and Spanish at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Courses taught include Canon Law for Ministry in Multicultural Communities (PSTR 3330); Derecho Canónico para el Ministerio Pastoral (PSTR 6366); Introduction to Liturgy (THEO 1341); History of the Catholic Church (PSTR 2351); Christian Tradition 150–1600 (PSTR 6333); Theology of the Creed: The Faith Professed (THEO 1380/3380); Jesus Christ: God and Man (THEO 3381); and Sacramental Theology: The Faith Celebrated (THEO 2382). His instruction joins theological scholarship with the pastoral formation of lay ecclesial ministers.

As Director of the Metropolitan Tribunal of the Archdiocese of San Antonio (2017–2020), he oversaw the tribunal's marriage nullity cases, supervised tribunal personnel, and coordinated canonical procedure and case administration. He also worked pastorally with petitioners and respondents as they went through the judicial process. Across roughly nine years of tribunal ministry, he has served as an assessor and canonical advocate. In that role he prepares nullity petitions and advocate briefs, interviews petitioners and witnesses, and evaluates grounds for nullity in light of the canonical tradition of the Code and the Church's understanding of marriage. In 2021 he founded Eleison Services LLC, a canonical advocacy practice. Eleison helps individuals prepare testimony, assemble documentation, and understand the tribunal process, and it provides canonical support to dioceses.

His wider ministry includes service as Parish Outreach Coordinator for Catholic Charities of San Antonio, where he represented the agency's programs and services from the pulpit and on radio and television. He has also served as a Theological Field Education Supervisor at Oblate School of Theology, supervising seminarians in their pastoral placements, and as a catechist at Our Lady of the Atonement Catholic Church (2021–2026).

Brewskies with Bede," featured speaker with Jeremy Daggett of the St. Bede Institute, St. John Henry Newman Academy (2026); "Standing at Calvary," Lenten reflection for the Guadalupana Society, St. Cornelius Catholic Church (2026); Confirmation retreat speaker on the Sacraments of Confirmation and Confession, St. Bonaventure Catholic Church (2025); "Lessons From the Tribunal: What to Know Before Marriage," National Marriage Week, Mother of the Americas Institute, with Dcn. David Delaney, Ph.D., and Dcn. Chris Sperling, M.A. (2024); Lenten mission on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, Helotes, Texas (2022); "Catholic Voters Forum," panelist with Dcn. David H. Delaney, Ph.D., Our Lady of the Atonement Catholic Church (2020); USCCB Daily Video Reflections (2017). Featured participant, Beloved: The Mystery and Meaning of Marriage (Augustine Institute); guest, The John 3:30 Podcast.

Program Coordinator (MACC), Stabilitas: Renewing Rural Ministry, a $10 million Lilly Endowment grant under the Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative (2025); St. Monica Educational Scholarship; Dietrich von Hildebrand Legacy Project Scholar.

Liturgy and sacramental theology; canon law and ecclesial governance; the participation of the lay faithful in governance (Canon 129 §2) in light of synodality; marriage jurisprudence and tribunal procedure; and the formation of lay ecclesial ministers. His licentiate thesis examines whether the Roman Missal represents juridical continuity under Canons 20–21, tracing legislative succession from the 1962 Missale Romanum through Summorum Pontificum and Traditionis Custodes.

Mr. Hinojosa serves as MACC's Program Coordinator for Stabilitas: Renewing Rural Ministry. Stabilitas is a $10 million initiative funded through Lilly Endowment's Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative and led by Saint John's School of Theology and Seminary at Saint John's University, with MACC and Catholic Extension Society as partners. The program forms lay ecclesial ministers and permanent deacons serving rural and mission dioceses, and it is establishing a regional institute for the ongoing formation of permanent deacons. Its nine partner dioceses are the Diocese of Saint Cloud, the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, and the Diocese of Duluth in Minnesota; the Dioceses of Rapid City and Sioux Falls in South Dakota; the Archdiocese of Dubuque and the Diocese of Davenport in Iowa; the Diocese of Cheyenne in Wyoming; and the Diocese of Great Falls–Billings in Montana. MACC's part of the work focuses on rural and Hispanic/Latino ministry and on forming Spanish-speaking ministers. Mr. Hinojosa coordinates this work in collaboration with MACC's Institute for Lay Ecclesial Ministry and Service.

English, Spanish; reading proficiency in ecclesiastical Latin and Greek.