In 1963, Rev John Fitzpatrick, Parish Priest of Penrith, realised his dream of building an 'out' church at Kingswood to cater for the needs of the relatively new and rapidly growing suburbs. St Joseph's Church was blessed by Cardinal Gilroy on 10 February. Rev Geoff Dickinson was a curate at Penrith, and remembers saying 'very many Masses' at the new church.

The site for the church/school was part of an original grant to Samuel Foster. In 1907, Gustav and Tess Klein purchased the land on which St Joseph's was built as part of a five-acre property where the family resided until it was sold to the Catholic Church in the early 1960s. The school was officially opened in 1963 with 225 pupils from Kindergarten to Year Five. 

In 1970, St Joseph's became a parish and Rev Basil Rosen was appointed the first parish priest. With his appointment, a period of enormous growth began. He was dissatisfied with the conditions in the school and immediately took steps to remedy the situation, resulting in the opening of new comfortable modern brick buildings.

The Sisters of St Joseph taught in the school from 1963 to 1981 when dwindling numbers and fewer vocations caused their withdrawal. St Joseph's has seen many changes over the decades.

Kingswood has emerged from a country village to a high density growth district. To help this community meet the exciting challenges towards 2000 and beyond, upon the retirement of Rev Basil in 1995, Rev Zvonimir Gavranovic was appointed the second Parish Priest of Kingswood. 

During Rev Zvonimir's six-year period (1995 to 2001), he accomplished many things for Kingswood Parish. He built up a parish community based upon friendliness and openness and established a Catechist Team for the State Schools as well as a Catechumenate Team. Other projects he established in order to bring the community together were the Hospitality after Mass, the Dinner for 8 and Christmas get-together for the helpers and ministries in the parish. He saw a need for a Parish Mission and, in May 2001, a Mission was given by the Redemptorists. During this time many parishioners faith was renewed and strengthened, helping the parish to develop into a growing and fulfilling community with a bright future.

In February 2002, Rev Paul Hopper CSSp was appointed as the third Parish Priest of Kingswood. Fr Paul spent 20 years in West Africa as a Spiritan Missionary. Evangelisation and community building were dear to his heart.

The RCIA team saw a number of new faces and the Children's Sacraments team encouraged greater parent involvement. The Parish was also blessed with the involvement of Robert Reidling, a seminarian for the Parramatta Diocese.

On 23 October 2005, St Joseph celebrated its 35th Anniversary. The celebrations fittingly started with Mass celebrated by Bishop Kevin Manning. After Mass there was a great buzz around the grounds as people met for a cuppa and a slice of cake and the sound of happy children filled the air. At 2.30pm, 140 adults and 45 children went for a family fun-day of cricket, skipping rope, jumping castle and fairy floss, with singing, dancing raffles and a spectacular meal. It was wonderful to see a parish worship and having fun together as a community all in the same day. To commemorate the parish's 35th Anniversary, a beautiful grotto to Mary the Mother of God was built and parish Marian Devotions are held here.

For many years the parish has tried to answer the call to evangelisation made by all the popes since Vatican II. Rev Paul Hopper initiated the Cells program, which saw parishioners actively involved in the seven basic Christian evangelising communities.

Upon the departure of Rev Paul Hopper CSSp in January, 2012, St Joseph's was placed under the care of the the Parish Priest of St Nicholas Of Myra in Penrith. We warmly welcomed Rev Christopher De Souza and Rev Mathew Antony MS, who celebrated weekly mass at Kingswood and administered our parish, throughout 2012. Despite the challenges of not having our own priest, the parish and ministries continued to flourish, due to the dedication and hard work from many of our parishioners.

In Jan 2013, Rev Andrew Fornal OP was appointed the fourth Parish Priest at Kingswood.