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The 47-year-old worked as a taxi driver here before deciding to join an aid convoy to Syria last Christmas.
Vigils had been held for Mr Henning in churches, mosques and community centres over the past two weeks.
The Rt Rev David Walker, Bishop of Manchester, said the "brutality" of the Islamic State would unite the community.
"In his life Alan Henning united people across the boundaries of nationality and faith.
"He did so both through his humanitarian actions and by the love that drove him on.
"That his tragic death continues to unite people across Britain and beyond is demonstrated today by the range of people and organisations paying him tribute.
"To ISIS we say 'You no longer have the power to shock us, now you just sicken us.
"Your brutality, against any who don't share your narrow, perverted world view, doesn't undermine our determination, it stiffens our resolve.
"Your destiny is not to be a force in human history, merely one of its sad footnotes'."
Local Pastor Bill Green, from the Gateway Community Church, had led some of the vigils.
He told Sky News: "Eccles is waking up to horrific news. People will be devastated. It’s a close-knit community especially where Alan and his family live and I’d like to send my sympathies to Barbara and family at this time.
"The people of this town never lost hope we always thought there was a chance that he might come back and we came together and prayed that would happen. It hasn’t happened."
Yellow ribbons adorned lamposts and railings across the town in a symbol of hope for Mr Henning.
Just days ago his wife Barbara made an emotional plea to the Islamic State for her husband's safe return.'
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