While St. Joseph was founded in 1868, the parish had no pastor until 1870. For the first two years, two priests from St. Vincent de Paul, Fr. John Gillig and Fr. William Doyle, tended to the needs of St. Joseph. In 1870, Fr. Francis Rudolf was appointed pastor of both St. Joseph and St. Vincent de Paul. Fr. Adelrich Kaelin became the first resident pastor of St. Joseph in 1886, the first priest to live at St. Joseph and the first to be responsible for St. Joseph only.
 
Father Francis J. RudolfJuly 1, 1870 – 1881
Father Francis Torbeck1881 – July 6, 1886
Father Adelrich KaelinJuly 7, 1886 – October 24, 1917
Father George BorriesOctober 28, 1917 – March 9, 1922
Father John RagerMarch 25, 1922 – November 1936
Father Clement ZepfNovember 1936 – October 1953
Father Bernard BurgertOctober 1953 – August 1971
Father Edward McLaughlinSeptember 1971 – September 1977
Father William ErnstSeptember 1977 – July 3, 1985
Father Daniel ArmstrongJuly 3, 1985 – July 7, 1986
Father John MaungJuly 7, 1986 – 1998
Father John Fink1999 – July 2, 2003
Father Don QuinnJuly 2, 2003 – July 3, 2007
Father Chris CraigJuly 3, 2007 – July 6, 2011
Father Aaron PfaffJuly 6, 2011 – July 6, 2016
Father Martin RodriguezJuly 6, 2016 – March 26, 2017
Father Joseph NewtonMarch 27, 2017 – July 5, 2017
Father Michael KeucherJuly 5, 2017 –