Saint Joseph church in Warsaw, Church building in Poland

Saint Joseph church in Warsaw is a brick church at 137 Czerniakowska Street in Mokotów, designed by Karol Jankowski and Franciszek Lilpop and built 1922–1926 as a school chapel for the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth. It was consecrated in January 1928 and fully completed in 1936.

The chapel was built between 1922 and 1926 to designs by Karol Jankowski and Franciszek Lilpop for the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth. It was consecrated in January 1928 by Monsignor Antoni Szlagowski and fully completed in 1936. In 1944 it served as a hospital for Hungarian troops, and fighting took place inside it during the Warsaw Uprising. It became a rectory in 1963, was entered on the heritage register in 1965, and a parish was created there in 1973.

The church began as a school chapel of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, consecrated in January 1928 by Monsignor Antoni Szlagowski. Since 1 March 1973 it has served as the parish church of the Parish of St. Stephen King, in the Mokotów deanery of the Archdiocese of Warsaw.

The building is located on Czerniakowska Street and is easily accessible by public transport running nearby. Visitors should expect the interior to be fuller during prayer times and religious holidays, while quieter on other days.

In 1944 the church housed a military hospital for Hungarian troops, and between 27 and 30 August 1944, during the Warsaw Uprising, fighting took place around the building and inside it. The chapel was raised to a rectory with its own pastor on 1 January 1963, and the parish of St. Stephen King was created here on 1 March 1973.