Shortly after the mid-18th century, during the fourth pastoral visit of Bishop Lorenzo Gioeni, it was decided to close the cemetery area of the Church of the Holy Souls in Purgatory, as it was overcrowded and unsuitable for further development on the escarpment of the Cuba plateau. Consequently, a more suitable area for burials had to be identified. The site where the Church of Saint Joseph stands today was chosen, and the church thus took on a cemetery function, also evidenced by the existence of a crypt, now inaccessible.
The faithful of Serradifalco have always been devoted to the patriarch Saint Joseph, to the point of building this small church after the mid-1700s. A few years later, the sacred building was closed due to a lack of curates and chaplains, but above all for economic reasons. The last renovation dates back to 1925, and the bell tower was completed in 1930, contemporary with the two side bell towers of the Mother Church.