I found this information at a local link:
The Archdiocese of Cincinnati’s new coadjutor is Dennis Marion Schnurr, bishop since 2001 of Duluth, Minn. As coadjutor, Archbishop Pilarczyk remains the ordinary, but upon his retirement Archbishop-designate Schnurr will automatically succeed him. Here is the announcement in Italian. Bishop Schnurr turned 60 last June, has a degree in canon law, served both the apostolic nunciature and bishops conference, and was executive director of World Youth Day in Denver in 1993 (which earned him the title of Monsignor.) The Diocese of Duluth’s website includes his remarks upon Pope Benedict’s election and a reflection entitled “Devotion to Mary leads to Jesus.” The USCCB released a brief biography of Schnurr when he was made bishop of Duluth. He was in the news in 2006 when he canceled an appearance by Sr. Helen Prejean due to an anti-Bush newspaper ad. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote a profile of him when his name was mentioned as possible successor to Bishop Wuerl:
BISHOP DENNIS M. SCHNURR, 58, of the Diocese of Duluth, Minn., organized the 1993 World Youth Day in Denver with the late Pope John Paul II. The event marked a positive turning point in the pope’s relationship with U.S. Catholics and in young Catholics’ relationship to the church.
A canon lawyer and native of Sheldon, Iowa, Bishop Schnurr studied in Rome and was ordained for the Diocese of Sioux City. He spent three years in parish ministry, then worked for the pope’s nuncio to the United States from 1985 to 1989. In 1989, he was hired by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to oversee its peace and social justice projects. He was the bishops’ general secretary from 1995 until 2001, with a staff of 350 and a budget of $50 million.
He went to Duluth in 2001. He’s a good communicator, and vocations to the priesthood have increased, in part due to an innovative youth ministry. He kept up his social justice work and was the keynote speaker when Minnesota religious leaders went to the state capital to lobby for programs to help the poor.
He is treasurer of the U.S. Bishops Conference, a difficult job during a time of deficit and downsizing.
Bottom line: Exceptionally competent, he would be a boon to youth ministry here, but his duties with the bishops conference are so demanding that its president might plead to keep him in Duluth for now so that he has time for conference work.
And here’s Rocco’s post, which mentions his success in promoting priestly vocations:
Long touted for various openings beyond his current see of 65,000, Schnurr was said to have especially run high on the shortlist for last year’s appointment to Pittsburgh. On a related “high” note, Duluth’s contingent of seminarians – 23, as of the last reported figures – is especially impressive given the diocese’s relatively small size; by comparison, with seven times the Catholic population, Cincinnati’s count shows that the archdiocese currently has 29 men in formation.
